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Don't flush your antibacterial sheets

qualitygal — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 10:45:34 GMT

Yesterday, it was reported they (sheets) are clogging the toilet lines. Just an FYI

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Preds — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 10:56:57 GMT

NOTHING needs to be flushed except toilet paper @qualitygal . It's the only thing safe for sewer lines. The damage to lines is unbelieveable and people have to clean it up and repair thousands and thousands of dollars worth of damage to the lines and eguipment.

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CalminHeart — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 10:55:31 GMT

To me, it's common sense to not flush anything except toilet paper. No wipes, tissues, hair, etc etc. That's what garbage cans are for.

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godi — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:26:09 GMT

My friends son ran out of TP so he cut up some cotton shirts and was flushing them! She had to tell him not to do that. 😲😲😲😲🧻

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goldensrbest — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:39:16 GMT

Some people are just sooo stupid!!

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CherryHugs — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:41:10 GMT

I guess some people dont read that it says right on them do not flush! This is not what anyone needs is clogging the sewer systems!

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millieshops — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:48:17 GMT

@CherryHugsSad to say, the wipes I bought recently say they are flushable. Maybe, but they certainly don't feel any different from the ones I used in the past that were not.

A clogged pipes story was on my local TV news yesterday - thousands and thousands of dollars extra going to sewer cleaning in West Palm Beach. According to that report, over a billion extra dollars for taxpayers in the nation every year to have their sewers kept clear

All my years of living in an area without sewers has made me very careful about what gets flushed and even what goes into the kitchen garbage disposal.

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PilatesLover — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:51:51 GMT

"Flushable" wipes aren't flushable either. My mayor did a demonstration on Youtube, he put out jars of water and dropped toilet paper in one, paper towels in another, then various wipes and a tampon in the others. The TP dissolves, the remainder do not.

I don't understand why these companies are allowed to continue advertising them as flushable when they cause so much damage to municipal systems.

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LindaSal — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 13:50:26 GMT

I'm with @millieshops . We have always lived with a septic system. You just get conditioned for that and would never even think of flushing anything other than TP.

Everyone should live as though they are on a septic, then that would resolve the problem.

I chalk it up to plain laziness, kind of like the people who refuse to recycle.

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Eileen in Virginia — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 14:12:10 GMT

@Preds wrote:
NOTHING needs to be flushed except toilet paper @qualitygal . It's the only thing safe for sewer lines. The damage to lines is unbelieveable and people have to clean it up and repair thousands and thousands of dollars worth of damage to the lines and eguipment.

There goes breakfast! 🤢🤮

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PINKdogWOOD — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 14:12:46 GMT

@CalminHeart And MANY of these types of products/packaging clearly indicates DO NOT FLUSH IN THE TOILET.

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Love my grandkids — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 16:17:12 GMT

@qualitygal What moron does this? Anyone with a half a brain knows you ONLY flush toilet paper. Good greif. Amazing that people actually have to be told this.

Any container of wipes states DO NOT FLUSH.