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

Baby wipes with poo on go in a nappy bag and bin when changing a child. Why not just use the same process as an adult.

Nicky loo roll is the brand I use, Yorkshire.

The flushable wipes I use are Whoopee Doos. Honestly, swish one in a glass of water. It literally falls apart immediately.

Having said that, I would prefer to use washable anything, so if Ikea still do their 79p fleeces, I'll be making my own wipes next weekend

I tried having this debate on "litter tray" thread where most of the posters were putting their used cat litter down the toilet....... I lost the debate as all posters insisted it was flushable

Additionally on the "fatberg" programme they had a while ago, there was wipe that did biodegrade comparable to loo role, as it had no plastic in it, I think it was Andrex?

Some cat litter is flushable. I think it's the crystal one. The clumping ones aren't, obviously, but the crystal one dissolves as far as I'm aware.

Having just had to pay (it was either that or end up with raw sewage coming up into the gardens) to have a wipes-and-shitberg cleared out from a couple of doors up, I'd say steer clear. Yoinking up a drain cover and seeing shit backed up to the cover makes it really clear as to how much of an issue these things can cause.

@Poppins2016 Waitrose have. Their flushable bathroom cleaning wipes are amazing. If you put them in water they just melt away.

Their flushable bathroom cleaning wipes are amazing. If you put them in water they just melt away.

Genuinely curious - how do they manage that without collapsing to mush in the packet?

Heratnumber7

and wee

Yes, OlderthanAverageforMN (me too, probably) that's what I'm wondering.

In the fatberg were they able to distinguish between non-flushable wipes (all those anti-bac and wet wipes sold in their billions) and the toilet wipes promoted as biodegradable?

It could be that all the flushable biodegradable toilet wipes had in fact broken down and disappeared, leaving only the traditional wet wipes making up the fatberg.

I know someone who, trying to be helpful to her elderly mother, bought a pack of wet wipes for loo use, not realising you couldn't flush them. It caused a blockage and they had to get the plumber / drain people in. Lesson learnt there but what about all the people who use things like flash wipes for all their cleaning and then just throw them in the loo without a thought. Also those make-up remover wipes are a recent invention used by millions.

I think that's more likely where the problem lies, rather than the moist loo wipes which are flushable and biodegradable.

The older generation (me) tend to use a cloth / duster / flannel a lot more than the younger generation, going by my younger friends.

Before anyone rushes out and buys whoopee doos, I just tried the experiment again.

I'm not sure if they've changed them since I initially did the glass experiment (I've been using them for 8 years) but they do seem to disintegrate slower than they used to.

This is what they look like from the packet. They're made up of fibres like a piece of tissue/toilet roll.

However, when I swished them in a glass, although they begin to break down almost immediately, turning the water cloudy and releasing fibres, they definitely don't disintegrate like they used to. They just break up into smaller pieces which when I pulled them, were quite tough.

Coffee I didn't include wee because it doesn't contain solids. But to be pedantic
...and wee.

Just popping in to say that with wipes just because they may break down in a glass of water; it doesn’t mean they're good to use. As PP said, make sure you check if they have plastic in them. If they ‘break down’ they may still contain micro plastics; and neither the sewage treatment process nor the drinking water treatment process can remove them; so we’re finding that the amount of micro plastics found both in the environment and in our drinking water is increasing: www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/06/plastic-fibres-found-tap-water-around-world-study-reveals

www.sainsburys.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/gb/groceries/freshx-toilet-tissue-spritz-aloe-fresh-150ml?langId=44&storeId=10151&krypto=fH5lc9FSxoxCz9W4TaYKOyiP9euEGgW7KX2TuBoV5Bcon1vc7Mdv8S%2BjLZkt%2BEGZOPSkDUlDKqKFKEOVXbWrmxO1LMcRav0Udt8o1Sb4HXJiyj%2F4XmxmrsjWFwAq%2B6M%2B&ddkey=https%3Agb%2Fgroceries%2Ffreshx-toilet-tissue-spritz-aloe-fresh-150ml

Don't flush them please. They may well be flushable but so are many things and they still clog pipes. Best if all don't buy them at all!

Unfortunately it’s not always as simple as not buying them though. My skin literally breaks because it’s so thin. Bagging them sounds like the best way forward even if not ideal.

Yeah, I’ll just get one for my handbag

My husband buys stuff like this. I hate it. Just more unnecessary things polluting the environment. We survived without these before. We don't need them now.

Espresso - that's a bit ableist really, isn't it? It would be a bit hard for me to use one of those balancing between toilet and wheelchair.

Also, I've used biodegradable flushable wipes for 8 years now, and have never once had a problem with drainage or plumbing, and neither have my neighbours, as they're my parents.