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.

I agree @AuntieStella but some folk still think it's ok to flush any old stuff down the toilet.

It's a case of 'out of sight, out of mind.'

How can they be certified fine to flush but not be fine to flush?

Anyway just pop them in the bin

Actually the ones marked with the Fine to flush mark do biodegrade.

I was told at school that one of the key benefits of using a tampon was that you could flush it and didnt need a bin! Such fools!

But isn't food waste the same as poo?

@dementedpixie yes they do biodegrade in sewers but very slowly , hence the pile up in sewers.
They biodegrade in landfill pretty well , I believe.

The link explains what's wrong with saying 'fine to flush.'

The problem is that many of them say that they are flushable (their is NO industry standard on "flushable ").
I have the main sewar collection tank thingy in my garden (with 3 separate manholes) and am always the 1st to know when arse hole neighbour has blocked it with wipes (ruffly every 2-3 months) it takes the local council plumbers hours to jet them from 1 manhole to the next and it stinks.
On a plus note they have finally bothered to investigate which house they are coming from and have sent him a massive bill 🤣

I once used a “flushable” wipe and it blocked our sewers. Never again. It should be illegal to market those wipes as such.

If it’s not been eaten or drunk, don’t flush it?!

@dementedpixie thats what i thought the fine to flush ones are ok and not others and I always buy the fine to flush ones now
If there not ok then water boards need to get companies to change
Many disenfectant wipes say do not flush on them now

Education is important. Younger me thought it was fine to flush tampons as I imagined all the waste going through a big filter and getting taken out ASAP, and it's smaller than many number 2s. Learned more about how our waste is actually processed and now feel a bit ill thinking about it.

If you talk to the guys dealing with sewage they’ll tell you they are t flushable.

put one in a glass of water - if it dissolves in 10mins fine. Still there the next day? Not flushable.

They aren’t fine and the water boards don’t have any power over what companies print.

The link says 'Flushable' wipes may not be ok
The 'fine to flush' ones with the fine to flush mark have been tested and do break down

@thenightsky undigested food is not going to disintegrate in the same manner as faeces and toilet paper.

We already do this feels totally normal now. Only weird thing is when I menstrual and use pads but have even got used to wrapping them up and putting it in the bin.

I don't know how people can be that stupid to not realise you can't do that. Who on earth were their parents?! Only paper down the loo. It's not difficult.

I was in a service station last week that had a "please do not flush tights down the toilet" sign. Wtf is wrong with people?

I'm still baffled how anyone would try to flush a nappy, those things are huge!

My mum told me to flush pads down the toilet. As a young teen, that is what I did. To this day, they still don't have a bin in the loo (or bathroom).

Wet wipes of any description (include makeup remover ones, for cleaning purposes etc) flushable / biodegradable or not, should be banned full stop.

I'm in my 30s . Also taught to flush tampons and pads also any liquid food like cereal or soup.. and I still do

Blockages are the biggest cause of pollution incidents to our local water company
Pollution incidents to water have a financial target to the water company
If the target is breached the water company has a penalty
This penalty is passed on to the customer

In the olden days the packet did say to rip pads in half lengthways and flush them. Now they are probably so full of plastic that this is not safe to do.

We don't flush pads or tampons or wipes