AIBU to start a campaign to ban wipes?

[annandale]

Wipes are an environmental disaster, a key component of fatbergs and sold as a flushable essential when they should be treated like morphine - controlled except for specific medical needs. Anyone with me?

Or just a campaign to make sure they're not flushed?

Good luck with that.

I think a bin it don't flush it campaign may be more successful.

It's the idiots who flush them that are the issue.

They shouldn’t be flushed, and I have never seen them sold as such.

But no I wouldn’t support a ban. They are way to useful to ban!

Noooooo! How would I clean the children! Won't somebody PLEASE think of the CHILDREN !

Umm no sorry op

Def a campaign to stop people flushing them - can't believe people do this

What tools flush wipes? Not many people.

But fuck off if you want my wipes!

They're such a useful product but you are right!
However, things like cooking oil and sanpro shouldn't end up in the drains, but they do. Can't see them being banned.

re the morphine comment: no-one is with you.

Christ no. You'll pry my wipes from my cold dead hands.

I use baby wipes, disposal cleaning wipes, stainless steel wipes, leather wipes, face wipes...

I don't flush them though obviously. I appreciate they may not be as great for the environment as a lentil-woven hessian cloth and cold water but they are bio degradable and bloody handy.

Controlled like morphine!
It's a wipe you old drama queen

I love wipes. But I don't flush them.

Washable wipes are the way to go.
Not going to happen, though, not on a mainstream level.

Wouldn't a washable wipe just be a cloth?

fatberg
Well yes but you can get different fabric types and sizes. The ones that are a good size for baby faces or bums are described (in the marketing) as wipes, for example.

I never understood those wet loo roll wipes. Where do you dispose of them? Do they sit in your bathroom bin stinking of shit for a week?

Not that many people flush them Do they? Are people that stupid? Maybe if you could convince a company to start giving away washable alternatives more people might give it a go similar to cloth nappies. I wouldn't but some might.

Umm I don’t think you’ll get a lot of support. Baby wipes are amazing for all sorts of cleaning jobs! Don’t know anyone who flushed them though!

I love cheeky wipes (washable wipes) for at home. But when out? Wipes all the way.

If they're flushable and biodegradable then why wouldn't you flush them?

I use tons of baby wipes, they clean almost anything but they never get flushed. I also have flushable wipes in the bathroom which are great for little tushies after certain poos. I used to flush them but since coming across a thread here a while back, that said they shouldn't be flushed either, I have binned them after use instead. I don't know anyone who flushes baby wipes but quite a few people use flushable wipes. I have no idea why flushable wipes shouldn't be flushed though.

Hahahahha no. I love wipes and buy them in multipacks as I have two under two. We have a pack in almost every room of the house.

I don’t flush them though.

Love my washable 'cheeky wipes'