To not understand how you can be so ignorant and unaware of the world around you that you still flush wet wipes and tampons down the toilet?

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How is it even possible in the information age?

I reckon a huge number of people know they shouldn't do it but flush anyway in the hope they will get away with it and they won't be the one having to dig out any resulting blockage.

Much like the hundreds of thousands of cunts who chuck their litter out of car windows - out of sight out of mind.

Gets me down, it does.

Genuinely never heard not to flush tampons. Luckily I generally only wear in the day to work and use the sanitary bin and towels at home which go in the bin anyway. But hey I must have flushed a few over the years. No more promise.

I'm horrified that some wipes are marketed as being "flushable", wipes have plastic in them! So irresponsible of the manufacturers.

We bought and used moist wipes that say flushable on them

Amazingly, because they're specifically advertised as being flushable, we thought that they were flushable

It's true that the tampon packaging clearly states that used tampons should be disposed of and not flushed. But the moist toilet tissue packaging also says that the wipes are flushable.

I've since read threads on MN that said that no the flushable ones aren't supposed to be flushed either, so I dispose of them in the bin now

But I don't think it's wildly unreasonable to think that a product that's specifically marketed as being flushable is in fact able to be flushed.

News segments about fatbergs focus on wet wipes, but at no point did they say anything about the problem being both people flushing baby wipes that say they shouldn't be flushed AND flushing wipes that say they can be flushed (but really can't)

I've been wondering for a while why there aren't special tampon/towel disposal bags. Or are there, and I've never seen them?

There are.

www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/251009946

So you’re saying that once we’ve used wipes to clean ourselves 💩, we should put them in the bin? I don’t think so.

Ummm. Yes. Why not? Bag, and bin. If it's just a freshen after toilet paper it's not that dirty anyway. We manage at work perfectly well and that's on people who are incontinent

And as a PP said, even if I wanted to put shitty wipes in the bin (yuck!), I can’t because my black bin fits two small bin bags and it’s only emptied fortnightly.... meaning it’s not large enough as it is.

So you want me to put shitty wipes in a bin bag in my bathroom and then put it in my car to take it to the tip?

Get real!

It amazes me that flushable doesn't necessarily mean just that. And why make a product isn't fit for purpose? Anything else and there would be an avalanche of complaints to trading standards.
But then, i suppose its as stupid as putting 'may contain nuts' on a packet of dry roasted peanuts

It’s funny you should say that - quite honestly I think people who don’t use wet wipes after they’ve been to the toilet are disgusting. The difference between thinking you’re clean after wiping your bum with paper, and then doing it again with wipes, shows that paper alone can’t get you clean.

So no. I’m going to continue to flush my flushable wipes thank you. Not going to be hectored by someone when we are living in a modern society.

I’m 100% with you OP and it really upsets me that my mum refuses to have a bin in the bathrooms. I use a cup normally, so that’s not a big deal, but she has those wet wipes that obviously go down the loo as there is no likely bin, and even if there is there’s no nappy sacks to put your shitty wipes in.

She’s not thick and I have argued with her about it.

Actually feeling physical rage in my chest at ummm‘s comments.

Have been on this site long enough to know however the futility of arguing with idiots. Chess with pigeons and all that.

There are 10 countries apparently where there are laws about not flushing bog roll. Some don't use bog roll at all and just wash.
I wonder what the fine is.
Its not like you have to touch said non flushable once its in the bin and these days you can even gasp get fragranced bin bags.

'S what bidets were invented for innit.

I understand that not everyone thinks the same way I do but I wouldn’t dream of calling those people idiots

binit.thameswater.co.uk/#What-really-happens

For all those who can read

I used always to flush tampons. Lilettes and Tampax It said you could on the box.

I use pads now that my less elastic and elderly pelvic floor cannot it seems hold them in anymore. I wrap the pads up in the wrapper of the next one and put it in the bin. I hate that some women just drop them in flat and the sticky strip sticks to the bin lid.

I tried mooncups but kept giving myself UTIs and bruising myself getting them out. I had to use the large size due to childbirths. Also they were very, very messy as my periods are really heavy and clotty now.

Having a laugh at the ancient plumbing in Greece being fit for anything at all, other than guided tours!

DM told me never to flush any sanitary products when I first started my periods and that was 25yrs ago. I destinctly remember arguing that I could flush tampons as that what the health visitor (aka tampon lady) told us at primary school. DPs always told us only flush loo paper, no tissues or kitchen paper.

(Did)/do (reformed) flushers flush other stuff down the loo?

I'm possibly BU, by derailing the thread slightly, but what waste do ppl pour down the kitchen sink? Out of curiosity.

I do, and I was told by DPs to, scrape as much food waste as humanly possible into the bin. Never pour fats/oils/coffee grounds in the sink. My DH is the opposite and pours as much as possible down the drain. When I told him not to do this, especially not fat because it causes blockages, he said it just dissolves in the water and claimed fat bergs were a conspiracy theory and don't exist... I called him (along the lines of) a fucking lazy ignorant waste of space and stupidest person I've ever met (concede IWpossiblyBU, but he does come out with some ridiculous crap).

Sorry, but what’s wrong with ummms comments?
She says the wipes are flushable. I presume she’s not fibbing, so what’s the rage about?

I like a bidet myself, and rarely use toilet paper.
I do bring flushable wipes (Andrex) which are made from paper, like loo roll, if I’m visiting a house where they have no bidet.

If there’s no bin, I flush them down the pan: I use the bin if there’s one and I see it in time, and it’s close to the damn toilet, not all the way over by the basin, or in the corner near the door. No way am I waddling over with it, pants down, as I’m not pulling up my clothes with it still in my hand!

@ChildFreeWeek glad you have the courage of your convictions!

Yes, I’m sure all manner of forbidden things are poured down the sink..

I wonder who pours milk down the sink drain? Hands up!

Milk an absolutely a terrible pollutant and should be ALWAYS poured down the loo.
Milk is very destructive in the grey water system and needs to go down the loo and on to the sewrage system because of its BOD. (Biological oxygen demand) it causes algal blooms, depletes the oxygen of the water, and kills wildlife downstream.

So always pour gone off milk down the loo, never, ever pour it down the sink.

How do people dispose of cooking oil? Obviously solidifying fat is kinda easier as you can scrape most in the bin, but where does excess sunflower oil go?

My kitchen and loo go to the same pipe too that’s fairly common- same for the street

I too have a dog, problem is, what to do with deep fat fryer oil. I am not dealing with well lubricated shit, tvm