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[pommom]

@PINKdogWOOD 

Not to mention what it does to marine life.  

[PINKdogWOOD]

AMEN   @pommom 

[Moonlady]

1. Public officials have "pleaded with the public" over this issue? Really? Where?
   
   As was discussed at length in yet another thread (with pictures) about this LONGSTANDING problem, Americans have been tossing these unflushable wipes down the toilet for YEARS--with disastrous consequences for their neighbors--not just for them.
   
   Now it's worse because they're flushing not only more of them but also everything they're using instead of TP. Still, there are no major announcements about this, and there should be, rather than an occasional filler article.
   
   Sadly, all people have to see is a commercial with kids talking about clean, shiny heinies, and airhead adults jump on the bandwagon and suddenly can't live without that garbage.
   
   Americans with their hangups CONTINUE to wreak havoc on the country's sewer system. And if you think a plumber can fix it, think again.

[SharkE]

Read the thread in here about "going to the post office" I told a gal what she could expect if she kept doing this.   I did my due diligence just hope she heeds my warning.

I wouldn't want all that 'stuff' coming up in my kitchen sink, tub, shower, commodes, etc.   Bacteria and smell probably can't find purex out there either to sterilize all these places. Your stuck in a living nitemare.

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/At-My-Local-Post-Office/m-p/6119551#M1536417

[Deree]

The Management in my condo distributed a memo warning people not to flush those wipes. 

I had somewhat of a funny thing happen in my tub.  I had grabbed a couple of packages of scented baby wipes by accident.  I was so nauseated by the smell and I'm sensitive to scented products that I decided to let them soak in a basin of water in the tub to get rid of the smell.  When I went to retrieve them after a few hours one wipe fell out of the basin slipped down the tub drain clogging it.  Thankfully this was right before the real panic and one of our maintenance staff was able to snake it out. 

[Twoaces]

In many countries, especially third world, it is not ok to flush ANY kind of paper down the toilet.  A waste basket with a liner is often kept beside the toilet for paper disposal. When I am in those countries, I HATE it, but the sewer lines are preserved by following that practice.  Maybe we should be ready to adopt that practice when we run out of normal TP.

[novamc1]

After moving to this part of the country, I've been shocked at the number of periodic news reports about  sewage spills into creeks and other places. 

Often,  the backups and spills are said to be caused by excessive grease, which probably comes from careless restaurant disposal.  Grease combined with  wipes  must make a heckuva mess!!

However, I wouldn't be surprised if ignorant citizens don't know that we shouldn't pour cooking grease down drains--or they just don't care as long as it doesn't wind up in THEIR drain.

[Lipstickdiva]

If the wipes say they are flushable, I'm not sure how it's a common sense issue.  To me it's a false advertising issue.  

That's like saying something is edible and then you eat it and get sick because it wasn't really edible.  

[chlema]

@Lipstickdiva Yes, many containers of wipes say they are flushable.  I don't know why they are permitted to say this since any plumber will tell you what happens when you flush them.  $$$

[lovescats]

If you read these forums  there are people on the boards that flush them down the toliet.   I don't think local communities can afford to sue these companies that say they are flushable.    If this thread makes one person stop doing it will be good.