WIBU to buy, use and flush these wipes?

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Saw these wipes at the end of the loo roll aisle at Aldi.

I didn't buy them as I have no need. However, if I did, WIBU to use them and flush them down the loo as the packaging directs?

Fully aware and support not flushing baby wipes, sanitary products etc. and the only thing that is acceptable to flush is toilet paper. other than the usual wee/poo/vom

The manufacturers are full of **it. They shouldn't be flushed into our decrepit sewage system and they know it. They clog them up and add to the horrendous problems they already have.

yabu disposable wipes of all kinds are awful for the environment whether flushed or not, avoid where possible

Yeah flushable is a load of bolleaux

Oh dear, I hadn't realised they didn't biodegrade.

Oh dear, I hadn't realised they didn't biodegrade

I'm sure they probably do, but I suspect the packet failed to mention on what timescale?

Apart from the environmental concerns, you'll probably end up with blocked pipes.

Voice of bitter experience here, fixing the blockage was an expense we could've done without.

If they disintegrate as quickly as normal 2-ply toilet paper then they are fine to flush (you can test this by using two glasses of water and clean toilet paper / wipes

I did this experiment! My wipes went faster than my actual loo paper. I'm happy that they biodegrade, they say they do on the packet, I'm very environmentally conscious and if they disappear faster than loo roll, I'm sure they're fine.

Exactly - something which biodegrades in 200 years is still biodegradable.

Tried to get this through to FiL who is a fan of these awful wipe things and he was having none of it, he's completely bought into the fact that flushable is the same thing as biodegradable.

MIL blocked our toilet system when she visited, I couldn't work out how but she had brought these flushable wiles with her.

Sounds like,you’ve researched it well, Professor

Soft, washable wipes, a separate bin to put them in at home, and waterproof, washable bags for when out and about. Same principal as when using cloth nappies.

I'm surprised that they are still allowed to put this label on the packaging.

The only things that you should put in the loo are Pee, Paper and Poo.
Not tampons, sanitary towels, panty liners, bum wipes, face wipes, cleaning wipes, baby wipes, cotton wool, hair, cotton buds, dog ends and stuff.
Don't use loads of bog roll unless you are happy to pay for a plumber.

Nobody ever, ever needs to flush a wipe. Not ever.
Bag, and bin.
A bit inconvenient for you? Try having a colostomy bag. Try having to take multiple wipes and bags into the toilet, a can of adhesive remover to get the old bag off. Cleaning the stoma, then wiping away the blood that constantly leaks from the stoma. Apply new bag, bag it all up.
You can't possibly conceive trying to flush that stuff away.

If people cope with that every day, you can bag up wipes.

Wouldn't flush them this is the problem loads of people do because they are mislead by the label saying flushable .This causes endless problems with our drainage system.

I'd never, ever put cleaning wipes, baby wipes etc in a toilet.

Actually, I used cloth nappies and made my own wetwipes that were washed. I could theoretically do this again for myself with the wipes, chuck them in a nappy bin and wash. A 79p fleece from IKEA made an insane amount of wipes - do they still do them?

They may say flushable and may indeed be more flushable than a regular wipe. But any drain engineer will tell you that they're the leading cause of blockages - I have first hand experience - I definitely wouldn't risk it.

Sainsbury’s are selling a spray which should negate the need for these. Not tried it yet but spotted it yesterday.

When the manufacturers say they're flushable, all they mean is that they'll disappear down the pipe when you flush rather than still floating around in the bowl.

They'll keep their shape for years, because some have plastic in them to keep them together so they don't disintegrate when they're wet in the packet. There are some brands that don't use plastic, but they still have to be treated chemically, again to make them hold together, but the process is so successful that even they stay in shape for years.

ProfessorMoody which brand do you use? Truly flushable wipes would be great when you're out.

Doing the experiment right now. @ProfessorMoody which one do you buy please?

pumkin, do we share a MIL?

Mine brings wipes with her every bloody time. She's blocked our toilet and still does it. She won't bin them, even though there is a bin right beside the loo and we have a baby in nappies whom she's perfectly happy to change, so it's not that she's super-squeamish about poo. It's pure selfishness IMO.

Every time a house changes hands in our Victorian terrace, someone has to go and have a word with the new owners and, politely, ask them to avoid flushing wipes if possible because our mutual sewerage pipes ( eccentrically designed and verrry expensive and awkward to replace - several of us costed it, but a couple of questionable old extensions would have scuppered it anyway) just cannot cope with wipes. One family who said’ well, its more convenient for me ‘ found out just how inconvenient it was for everything to block.

All 'flushable' means is that they will flush away, they are not necessarily biodegradable. If they don't quickly disintegrate when you put them in water, they will cause a blockage somewhere along the pipe

Exactly that.

THE ONLY THINGS THAT SHOULD HO DOWN THE TOILET ARE POO, TOILET PAPER AND VOMIT.

And yes, I'm shouting.

Professor, what brand are you using? DS is toilet training and makes a mess sometimes, I could do with some genuinely flushable wipes, if they do disintegrate so quickly.

Definitely don't flush them. I'm the last house before the sewerage pipe takes a tight 90° turn. It's been blocked at the turn several times with wipes which means sewerage backs up the manhole cover in my garden and then leaks out all over my garden

I don't even use wipes so it's doubly frustrating that other people are causing it.

I have bowel disease too Professor Moody. Have you tried Nicky loo roll from Home Bargains, Savers etc? It's impregnated with lotion so it's not harsh when wiping and it's strong for dealing with the more liqiudy incidents. It's about £4 for 18 rolls so cheaper than Andrex etc too.