Are flushable baby wipes more eco friendly than normal wipes?

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Because the packaging assures me that they are, but I am not familiar with the ins and outs of the drainage system and can only assume that they end up as rubbish somewhere along the line anyway. Or do they dissolve and is that a Bad Thing?

interesting.
hope someone who REALLY knows comes along!
I've always assumed so (which is why I put poo and liner down loo, not in dustbin). I think that the flushable liners fall apart like toilet paper, and just end up all mashed up with the poo at some sewage farm.
I often wash disposable wipes (easier than sorting all the dirty stuff out!), and the Earth Friendly Baby ones were completely usable again, whilst the Beaming Baby ones (biodegradable and flushable) can't be used again, they're in sort of fluffy ribbons. So those are the ones we'll buy next time. Washable are the best though!

I had been using flushable wipes but plenty of MNers assured me they block the drains like nobody's business...So I changed to loo paper (have a small child not a baby)

flushable wipes will at some point block the toilet.... which is extreamly annoying...

tried telling this to my new 'family' when they started buying them... i said they will block your toilet, and they said no it will be ok, it says they are flushable... i ddi say yes i know it says that but they will block the loo

sure enough a few months down the line my daddy boss has had the 'pleasure' of unblocking a blocked loo caused by them and they are now banned from the house! back to loo roll

You're better to not to flush anything down the loo apart from loo paper as at some point sewage workers will have to deal with it, if it doesn't block the drains before it gets there.

So, wise people (that's meant seriously!), should I not be flushing flushable nappy liners? Help! They are definitely stronger (less dissolvable) than the Beaming Baby wipes - are we heading for a disaster?

With regards to flushable nappy liners I wash any that are just wet and they don't fall apart even after 2 or 3 washes! (I use the ones that Waitrose sell which fit MEOS nappies quite well - not sure of the brand). So I can't see them degrading that quickly. Dd is fairly regular in her habits so I try to use a liner that has been washed once or twice when I expect her to poo so that when it is flushed it will hopefully fall apart quicker. As I'm not flushing that many per day hopefully I won't get any blockages!

I think all this 'eco friendly baby wipes' is a big con. How can anything that you just use once then throw away be environmentally friendly? even if it biodegrades there is still all the resources used in manufacture, and transport to you/shop. Just get some washable ones (or make some from old towells etc) and use them with plain water. And loo paper to get the worst of nasty poo off.