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

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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 think anyone caught doing it should be made to go down there for a day and unblock stuff. That will stop them doing it.

Consider that @AnnaSW1 , @ImplementingTheDennisSystem , @Ladymartin etc. You happy to go down into the sewers to unblock pipes? You should be since you're happy to flush the stuff.

Yea bags and tights don’t surprise me. I’ve had to shift whole, raw cauliflowers, socks and entire industrial sized loo rolls and blue hand towels from toilets amongst other things.… 🤷‍♀️

We have a bathroom bin lined with a plastic bag with bunny ears in which we put all wet wipes, hair from hair brushes sts.tampax wrapped in toilet tissue makeup wipes etc. It never seems to smell at all. Once a week tie it up and put it outside in the bin. We also have a small basket ( actually a plant holder) to use for recyclables, cardboard loo inners cardboard from toohpaste etc.
All very easy. Brabantia do a rather swish bathroom bin which is divided into two, plastic bags available for this. Very nice.
So, there is no need what so ever to be putting anything except loo paper in the loo.Not even tissues that you use to blow your nose, as they don't dissolve either.

@Ladymartin @OneFrenchEgg heavy periods aren't really an excuse, imo.
I have, and had, extremely heavy periods and still manage to wrap my tampons in tissue and put them in the bin. It's messy, but do-able.

@WishILivedInThrushGreen I've never flushed anything other than human waste and toilet paper down the toilet.
I was told as a child (nearly 40 yrs ago) that you could flush tampons, but I never did.

I used to have a little cotton waterproof lined bag for my dirty undies, etc, and if no bin was available (rare) they'd be kept in there until I could dispose of them.

I do not understand how people are so daft as to still be flushing wipes; I do use toilet wipes occasionally, but always put them in the bin, even the so called 'flushable' ones.

My elderly neighbour's carer has been using wipes which are labelled 'fine to flush'. We share a waste pipe from our front gardens into the mains in the street. They've blocked our shared bit of pipe twice this year, the plumber just rolls his eyes when he comes to unblock. Neighbour's son showed the brand the carer uses (we don't use any, so defo next door), and although they say flushable, our plumber says they're still a drain-blocking menace.

And me! I think it was actually on this board about 10 years ago I found out that you shouldn't flush tampons 🙈

I’ll never forget my visiting friend who flushed a cardboard tampon applicator on the Sunday of a surprise party at my house — and the plumber charged us about five times his normal fee, and she told me I was overreacting to be mad at her.

They have far from got the message.

And dont realise that water companies, well some at least, can even pinpoint to which areas and streets are most problematic.

@Ladymartin @OneFrenchEgg heavy periods aren't really an excuse, imo.
I have, and had, extremely heavy periods and still manage to wrap my tampons in tissue and put them in the bin. It's messy, but do-able.

Sometimes it really can't be helped. I used to get very bad PCOS/endo heavy periods where the tampon would just fly out as soon as I sat down. No time to slip a hand under to catch it. The clots were bigger than the tampon. Fun times.

Whenever this subject comes up, I always post this, the fabulous Kitty Flanagan on flushable wipes. Enjoy:

Sometimes it really can't be helped. I used to get very bad PCOS/endo heavy periods where the tampon would just fly out as soon as I sat down. No time to slip a hand under to catch it. The clots were bigger than the tampon. Fun times

Then fish it out of the pan. It's clean water, or has your pee in it. Bet you'd go after your phone.

I hear you op, it pisses me off. Have you read about those fatberg islands lurking in our sewers? Bleurgh.
On a totally unrelated note, am i still good to flush 60k of cocaine down the bog when the Fed's bust me? Asking for a friend.

My upstairs neighbour was flushing wipes, I didn't know. One day my toilet was slow to flush, then the other toilet was the same. Thought it was odd. Then I flushed it, and to put it nicely my bathroom ended up full of sewage

I had to call someone who showed me the giant mess the wipes had made, he felt that sorry for me he helped me clean up the bathrooms and supplied me with industrial disinfectant and unclogged all the pipes. Wasn't cheap, I was fuming

Now I have the guilt about flushing a Kleenex after a massive nosebleed and I feel awful, how did I not know about hanky tissues? The cheap ones are so flimsy that it would never have occurred to me they couldn't be flushed.

Poo, pee or paper - Thames Water !.

@BrylcreamBeret if dissolves - yes.
(remove the wrapper first, so a friend says)

What? You'd stick your hand into a clot and blood-filled toilet bowl to fish out a slimy tampon from the u-bend? Sure.

They're extremely helpful for disabled people. My mum has no hand strength and struggles to wring a cloth out so uses wipes. They go in the bin, not down the loo.

Don't just everything by able bodied standards!

Well that's not gonna work for carers is it? Or people who use baby wipes on babies
It's harder cleaning up an adult than it is a baby and toilet roll doesn't always cut it

@MsOllie @QuestionableMouse its the age old story - the careless minority spoiling it for those that are sensible and benefit from it.
if everyone binned them, we wouldn’t be having this thread.

Nothing biodegrades in landfill.

Nope. Your post is nonsense.

The ‘Fine to Flush’ one’s really are. Have you ever put one in your sink full of water? It literally degrades before your eyes.

Do some reading!

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Cheeky wipes are significantly easier to use for babies (both in nappy changes and for cleaning up post meal) than disposable wipes. I’d struggle to see anyone claim differently. And they’re hardly a burden to wash.

It’s not misleading at all. Fine to Flush is a water industry standard!