To think that we need to stop flushing anything down the toilet except for toilet paper.

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metro.co.uk/2022/06/16/calls-for-mandatory-do-not-flush-labelling-on-wet-wipes-16840997/

Wipes are often described as biodegradable but they don't biodegrade in the sewer. They biodegrade in landfill over a long period of time.

I really welcome Yorkshire's stance on this and it would be hoped that all councils and water companies will clamp down on the use of them.

There needs to be better labelling on packs of wet wipes and a shift away from using them, particularly as many contain micro plastics that leach into waterways.

If you need to use them then put them in a bin so that councils can incinerate or bury them where they can decompose.

Obviously body waste can be flushed.

Yes I agree I hate wipes

good grief I cannot believe people still have not got the message on this. And don't get me started on tampons.

I don't need to stop because I never started. I thought it was common knowledge to be honest but that might be because I lived through the 1970s toilet roll shortage when we got regular lectures on the TV that we mustn't use kitchen roll or tissues.

I never flush anything other than paper, I though most people knew this? It’s always been well known not to flush wipes.

What about so-called flushable wipes?

Well, duh! I mean, that’s been the message since I was at school.

Im 55!

Living with a septic tank means we flush nothing but pee, poo (and other bodily fluids) and toilet paper (not that I have ever attempted to flush anything else anyway).

Nope, 'flushable' means that they will physically flush not that they will break down.

Never flushed anything else down the loo.

Absolutely agree!
the only thing that should go down the loo are directly from a human.

My DP works for our water board and you wouldn't believe the amount of call outs they get for blockages which are caused by wipes, tampons, nappies, and all manner of bizarre things that have been flushed.

I can't believe people still flush tampons etc. Hate those 'flushable wipes' as well, I can't believe they're allowed to be marketed like that when they really aren't suitable for flushing.

What about new toilet wipes that say fine to flush not just flushable something to do with water companies i thought

I once had an ex boyfriend flush a condom soon educated him and never happened again.

Not on here it isnt. Very soon someone will be along to tell us some wipes are fine to flush.

Maybe things are different here (not UK) because I don't know anyone that would flush anything but pee, poo, and TP.
It it usual here for a waste bin to be in the bathroom, often beside the toilet itself.

How misleading is this, though? Can see why people flush them.

I also once had a patient who used to scrape her leftovers down the toilet. I'm not sure how we got round to discussing it. Educated her as well

There must be millions of people flushing all sorts of things.

There are wipes marked with a 'fine to flush' logo that do break down. Our toilets are a bit rubbish so we bin them anyway

Older than you, and agree that's been the message for yonks.

No idea how it got lost, if people really need to be told all over again

@dementedpixie yes thats what I thought and we use these occasionally

www.water.org.uk/policy-topics/managing-sewage-and-drainage/fine-to-flush/#:~:text=Fine%20to%20Flush%20%E2%80%93%20a%20major,be%20flushed%20down%20toilets%20safely.

Fine to flush ones are ok. Others aren't

That's the trouble @jevoudrais
No wipes are biodegrade in the sewers but they're all flushable.

I'm concerned that people think that 'fine to flush' means that they're safe for sewers and the environment.

They aren't.

We don’t even flush paper if just a pee!!