If you can’t flush them, why are they called “flushable”?
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Marketing deception – flushable is not a “protected” word, and it means nothing. They can pick any definition of flushable they like and use the word because nobody has defined it.
They are not, however, “flushable” by the definition of “things you’re allowed to flush down your toilet, that the sewer company allow, that the sewage system can handle, or that don’t cause problems”.
Basically they can’t use the words that would say they are actually COMPLIANT and would allow you to put them into the sewage system, so they use another word that isn’t protected, knowing full well that they block the sewers.
It’s marketing bullshit to make you buy them and make you think you’re buying “the right thing” compared to their competitors (except now they all do it because their competitors have got away with it for so long that they all copy the term).
Nothing “flushable” is actually something that the sewage companies will want you flushing whatsoever. You’re gonna clog your sewers and end up with a bill.
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