PSA: don't put your "flushable" wipes down the toilet. Or paper towels. Or tampons.

[Anonymous]

Omg, tampons wrapped in toilet paper and in trash?! That's where they should be. The plumber doesn't want to see your bloody tampons.
Flushable? Companies will write anything on it to sell it.
Every time my ex-sil moves to a new house, the house needs a plumber.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Been doing it for 10 years (flushable wipes.) so far so good.

People like you suck.

Believe me when I say that sooner or later, a very expensive plumbing bill will be coming due to you.

+1. We flushed those wipes down our toilets for ten years. We had a major backup (into all our downstairs tubs and toilets overflowing). Plumber showed us the wipes that had caused it. Never again. If we use them for the kids, they go into a lined wastebasket next to the toilet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so confusing. Do the women who flush their tampons just not have moms? Who taught you basic hygiene? It's never been okay to flush tampons. It's written on every box. There are signs in public restrooms. Why don't you know menstruation basics? How old are you?

Basic hygiene was never...pull your bloody tampon out, wrap it in TP, then leave it in the open trash for several days. How wonderful your house must smell.

Get this:



Or empty your bathroom trash more often.

[Anonymous]

I grew up with a septic tank so I was taught from the beginning not to flush anything but TP but it astounds me how many people don't know this.

[Anonymous]

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/12/550465000/behold-the-fatberg-london-s-130-ton-rock-solid-sewer-blockage

There are subjects one should avoid while eating. This is one of them.

Crews in London are working to unblock a section of the city's sewer system. The culprit, a stomach-churning, 130-ton mass of sanitary products and cooking fat. You might call it disgusting. Water company officials call it a fatberg.

In a weekend statement, Thames Water announced the fatberg's existence. According to the private utility company, the"rock-solid" blockage had formed under the city's Whitechapel neighborhood. Weighing roughly the same as 11 double-decker buses, the fatberg is one of the largest to form in the London sewer system.

"It's a total monster and taking a lot of manpower and machinery to remove as it's set hard," said Matt Rimmer head of waste networks for Thames Water.

The Thames statement said an eight-person crew is working seven-days a week to clear the blockage, greasy chunk by chunk.

Equipped with high-powered hoses, the workers are breaking up the fatberg then transporting its remnants off site for recycling. Thames Water says the team is progressing at a rate of 20-30-tons a day.

[Anonymous]

NP. I would like to add that a few months ago I decided to give menstrual cups a try, and I am so glad I did. It was partly for the issue of not wanting to cause so much waste--and this will apply to the debate on how to dispose of used tampons.
As an added benefit, now that the pandemic makes me not want to go grocery shopping, I don't have to worry about running out of tampons either. There is a little learning curve but I am never going back now. I recommend that everyone start considering them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Been doing it for 10 years (flushable wipes.) so far so good.

I bet you’re not social distancing either. Because, you know, YOU.

I am actually. Have been home since 3/12. No socializing of any kind. Fully stocked. Will eventually have to go out for more food items and dreading it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Been doing it for 10 years (flushable wipes.) so far so good.

I bet you’re not social distancing either. Because, you know, YOU.

I am actually. Have been home since 3/12. No socializing of any kind. Fully stocked. Will eventually have to go out for more food items and dreading it.

Awesome. Then continue to do your community a service so they all have working plumbing.

[Anonymous]

I haven't gotten to page 5, but this reminds me of what happened twice in my hometown. Two clogs of "flushable" wipes caused serious issues for the city water system under normal, routine circumstances. Your toilet may be one of your most precious assets in this crisis and is as important as food and water. Don't be a dumbass!

https://twitter.com/ChasWaterSystem/status/1140739662962728961

[Anonymous]

Don’t forget condoms.

[Anonymous]

I'm waiting for the inevitable thread.

Future OP: Help! My toilet has backed up and I all the plumbers are booked up for weeks!

DCUM: Oh, no! Sorry to hear that, OP. That sucks.

Future OP: I know! And now my tampon/wipe is just floating there!

DCUM: Um...what? Everyone knows you're not meant to flush those.

Future OP: WELL AREN'T YOU PERFECT!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please stop flushing anything but a little TP!!!!

This is bad enough already. Losing sewer service would make this a million times worse. Watch videos of sewer clogs

As someone who’s actually been having sewer issues for 3 weeks now - yeah it’s awful. Listen to the op, folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t forget condoms.

Yeah, don’t flush those either.