If you can’t flush them, why are they called “flushable”?
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Flushable wipes are flushable in the way that plastic clothing buttons are edible. Yes, you can physically put it in there, and yes, it will physically go down. But it’s not good for the system, especially on a regular basis.
Lol it’s so stupid. I remember buying dude wipes years ago and it said flushable wipes and what not. I’m reading the back of the package and it said DO NOT FLUSH. What the hell
Flushable wipes come in packaging that is wet. If they were OK for your toilet, they would already by dissolved due to this wetness. Basically, it’s impossible to have a pre-wetted product and also make it toilet friendly.
…ask your local sewer tech guy when he’s pulling the pump from the lift station for the 10th time this year to remove the “flushable wipes” from the impeller
I used Cottonelle flushable wipes to clean myself after surgery earlier this year and we got a clog in our line. I tweeted about it and tagged Cottonelle, they responded specifically saying their wipes shouldn’t clog anything. So they double down, too.
Put some toilet paper in a bottle, half fill with water and shake.
Do the same with a flushable wipe.
You’ll see the paper dissolves while the wipe doesn’t.
In a sewer, the paper doesn’t cause issues, but the wipes do.
[Here](https://youtu.be/gaWDH16SqVs?t=40s) is a promotional video showing a particular model of toilet capable of flushing things that you should never flush down your toilet.
Just because something is labeled flushable or is possible to be flushed, doesn’t mean it’s safe to be flushed.
So, no one has really asked the more important follow up question: if they aren’t flushable, what are you supposed to do with used wipes?
Hey now- as a guy that DOES use ACTUALLY-flushable wipes (they basically turn into water in seconds, when dunked into a bowl of water)
Just be careful. Read reviews, do research. There’s a brand I buy from Amazon (ugh) that reliably degrades quickly. Meanwhile, the brand I bought from Targets says in big caps- FLUSH ONLY ONE AT A TIME. The hell??
You can flush lots of thing down the toilet. I flushed a rag by mistake (forgot in the bucket, emptied it in the toilet).
Flushable wipes are small enough that it will not block the pipes. UNLESS they are in bad shape, where it can catch on rust or roots.
Inside the city sewer however… The pipes are covered in poop. Wipes tend to stick on it. Then more poop get layed on the wipe, now it’s covered so another wipe. So you get poop/wipe/poop/wipe/poop/wipe/etc.
That sanwitch get super hard, like concrete. Then the equipment that they use normally to clean can’t remove the wipe, so it remove only the last layer of poop, and the wipe stay there. The result is that they can’t clean the pipes easilly.
Uncleaned pipes get smaller and smaller as the layers accumulate. Eventually the pipes get so blocked up that it can’t handle the normal load.
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