AIBU to start a campaign to ban wipes?

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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?

Yes you are very unreasonable, not everyone is an idiot who flushes wipes! Do you want to ban cotton pads as well?

For years we managed with holding the baby under a running tap and washing its bum so Im at a loss as to why water no longer works

And tell us, where did you get the running water and tap that fits in your bag to go out and about? We're agog.

Did anyone mention Cheeky Wipes?

Seriously, they're brilliant. DS1 had allergies that meant disposable wipes just smeared his output. Before getting cheeky wipes, I gave up at home and just hosed him down. If I was out, it would take about half a pack of regular wipes to clean him up. The cheeky wipes could clean him up with about 3-4 wipes, then the "mucky" bag could just go in the washer. (I used washable nappies too)

I hear muconium has a reputation for being a sod to clean up. It wasn't any issue with the cheeky wipes.

Yanbu. Cheeky wipes or equivalent all the way.

And tell us, where did you get the running water and tap that fits in your bag to go out and about? We're agog

You really can't image how people could go out with a baby and manage without wipes?

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

The point is that even the wipes that claim to be flushable block the sewers.

I understand what you're getting at op. People should reduce single use items such as wipes, straws and plastic cutlery. These items can be very useful but we should all use them less rather than using them without a thought.

You really can't image how people could go out with a baby and manage without wipes?

Of course I can, you were the one who said that a tap was all you need.

Cheeky wipes are not wipes, they are just overpriced cloths.

You really can't image how people could go out with a baby and manage without wipes

I have no idea what cheeky wipes are but more to the point I've no interest in what they are. Wipes aren't necessary. End of.

Almost nothing is actually necessary, but wipes are one thing most parents would not give up.
Good luck with this silliness.

not everyone is an idiot who flushes wipes

I don't think the OP is just talking about flushing them though. I thought she meant the wider problem of mountains of single-use disposable wipes that get chucked away everyday. Even if they're going in the bin, they don't disappear - they still end up somewhere.

Almost nothing is actually necessary, but wipes are one thing most parents would not give up.
Good luck with this silliness.

As a granny of 6 and mum of 5 I count my silliness as being one of life's blessings.

Baby wipes are brilliant, but I wouldn't use one on a baby.

Arse Toilet and facial wipes are labelled flushable, meaning that they will flush away. Many many people put all sorts of things down the loo. which is great news for plumbers.

Just look at the litter in this country - people generally don't give a stuff about the environment.

Only paper, pee, and poo should go into the loo.

sold as a flushable essential

Since when?

They're not supposed to be flushed, I don't know anyone who flushes them.

Sounds like I will be one of very few at the fatberg barricades! I kind of know it's a hopeless cause. It's also bloody easy for those of us with washing machines to go all washable. I just wish the things had never been invented and certainly that companies made a lot more effort to prevent flushing.

The point being as the slogan goes, ' there is no away to throw things to'. Use as little as possible.

Nothing goes down UK toilets except body waste and bog roll. Flushable is a lie.

I used washable wipes with my dds, but with ds (who is 7 and still in nappies), I'm afraid it is wipes - we tried using washable ones, but honestly, nothing deals with a movicol induced explosion like a baby wipe.

yanbu
too many people are too stupid to be trusted to not flush wipes, as we can see in the fatbergs

So-called ‘flushable’ wipes should not be flushed. They showed on telly recently that if you put some toilet paper in a jar of water and give it a shake, the paper disintegrates. If you do the same with a ‘flushable’ wipe, nothing happens. that’s why they block the sewers and pollute the seas.

I don't think my son's school would be happy with using washable wipes or cloths.

my dc's nursery was happy to use (supplied by us) flannels & water.
wipes gave dc awful nappy rash.

I used washable wipes with my dds, but with ds (who is 7 and still in nappies), I'm afraid it is wipes - we tried using washable ones, but honestly, nothing deals with a movicol induced explosion like a baby wipe|

I have a child with SN who at the age of 26 requires 2-1 around the clock with a 3rd and 4th person always being there or there about. I understand what you are saying and I empathise but at the same time I really do believe that if wipes were not available you wouldnt need them. However I do believe that if it makes a very difficult sittuation more doable then do whatever you have to do to manage.

YANBU.

Just learn to wipe your arses with loo roll you lazy fuckers.

Somewhat
Agreed, it's much easier to wipe poo off a baby's bum with a washable wipe than with a disposable one (or with wet cotton wool for that matter). I've tried all three!

What's with the pedants who insist that washable wipes are simply cloths? Why aren't we allowed to call them wipes? That's what they are for - wiping. Why does the choice of word bother you?!

We never flush any type of wet wipes down the loo. We have a bin which has a plastic bin liner in it. Even with wipes that have been used to wipe bottoms it doesn't smell. I replace the bag about twice a week. When emptying I tie a knot in it and put it in the general domestic bin.