[Honest Nigerian]

One town's flushable wipes is another town's art?

[Moonman62]

Some dissolve and some don’t. But none of them dissolve as well as toilet paper.

The Scotts are best at breaking down.

[Moonman62]

Do Flushable Wipes Actually Dissolve?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAeRXSsVL-4

[CrazyIvan]

Friend of mine is a nursing home administrator. He has banned these things but some families still bring them in. The above average use virtually guarantees they will plug the sewer lines, usually well downstream where removable is difficult. In older buildings with iron pipe which has become rough inside they are even worse.

[mikeus_maximus]

The package said “flushable”- not dissolvable. So what’s the issue?

[Vigilanteman]

There is no such thing as a flush-able wipe. Just some that break down better than others. Unclogging has put many a plumber's kid through college. At an average of $500 a pop, it doesn't take many of these calls before a plumber starts growing a sizable account.

Yeah, it is a LOT of money for an average 45 minute job. It costs a lot because it is an icky job and not many people are willing to do it.

Even toilet tissue is best collected and thrown out with the trash. I know it sounds gross, but a proper sized bin by the john with a standard family sized grocery bag can collect an average day or more's worth of used toilet tissue. Tie up the bag and throw it out with the trash.

All plumbing breaks down and clogs eventually. It is just a matter of time.

[TheBattman]

I wouldn’t be surprised if municipalities end up filing lawsuits against the makers of these things... to recoup the additional cost of dealing with these falsely-labeled products.

[mewzilla]

Why does the headline call them flushable when they aren’t? And packages of the darn things are labeled as such.