“Flushable” wipes are ruining sewage plants

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Verge Science

Verge Science

3 жыл бұрын

Wipes and other products that get flushed down the toilet cause millions of dollars in problems for cities like New York. They clog up the machinery at sewage plants like the Wards Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Verge Science video team went to see the damage wipes can do, and got up close and personal with the bits of fabric that cost cities millions and millions of dollars each year to manage.
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@VergeScience
@VergeScience 3 жыл бұрын
What products do you actually wish were flushable by industry standards?
@throttleblip1
@throttleblip1 3 жыл бұрын
Every product labeled flushable... I guess you can compare the industry to Volkswagen with their diesel gate. We're going to sell you something tell you what it is and that it's better but actually worse
@iamdmc
@iamdmc 3 жыл бұрын
iphones
@sarmaddange5428
@sarmaddange5428 3 жыл бұрын
Roaches
@Mkrabs
@Mkrabs 3 жыл бұрын
None except toilet-paper and menstruation products
@notaplic8158
@notaplic8158 3 жыл бұрын
@@throttleblip1 agreed
@GreenAppelPie
@GreenAppelPie 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t understand why a commercial group was able to label products as flushable in the first place. Just another example of private industry fleecing taxpayers who ultimately pay the bill.
@schamakkii
@schamakkii 3 жыл бұрын
You might be interested in watching 'Second Thought' (Channel on KZfaq)
@VoidUnderTheSun
@VoidUnderTheSun 3 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Capitalism, my guy. That's how the whole system is run.
@dubdadabooda1038
@dubdadabooda1038 3 жыл бұрын
@@VoidUnderTheSun but that's not a capitalism, that's opposite. In the capitalism those producers would be compensating the cleaning of the motors.
@noiinbryan8795
@noiinbryan8795 3 жыл бұрын
@@dubdadabooda1038 this is happening under capitalism though??
@awwastor
@awwastor 3 жыл бұрын
@@dubdadabooda1038 In what capitalistic system they would be compensating for those? The clients of the service (in this case cleaning of water) pay for the maintainance of the systems used in the service (cleaning the motors). These companies aren’t the clients.
@anandamreetkamilla7112
@anandamreetkamilla7112 3 жыл бұрын
101 Reasons to use a bidet
@KRYMauL
@KRYMauL 3 жыл бұрын
That's all I thought too.
@MadOokami
@MadOokami 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@za7v9ier
@za7v9ier 3 жыл бұрын
It's cleaner too
@anandamreetkamilla7112
@anandamreetkamilla7112 3 жыл бұрын
Combine a Bidet with Rain water harvesting and Abracadabra
@KRYMauL
@KRYMauL 3 жыл бұрын
@@anandamreetkamilla7112 That depends are you being cheap or “environmentally friendly?”
@drewofearth6681
@drewofearth6681 3 жыл бұрын
This is an example of quality reporting. Good stuff, Verge.
@genericytprofile852
@genericytprofile852 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, straight to the point with as many important details as possible. Very rare to see in today's news.
@paradisesunprincess
@paradisesunprincess 3 жыл бұрын
Not quality reporting...a lot of what they said were opinions stated as facts.
@MrGamelover23
@MrGamelover23 2 жыл бұрын
@@paradisesunprincess what did they say that was an opinion?
@rp8592
@rp8592 3 жыл бұрын
I worked at WRc, the company that grades toilet paper and wipes for "Fine to Flush" in the UK. Let's just say there's a reason that I left (last month).
@prahastha1618
@prahastha1618 3 жыл бұрын
And … what was the reason?
@davidobrien8683
@davidobrien8683 3 жыл бұрын
Tell us
@theicedragon100
@theicedragon100 3 жыл бұрын
@@prahastha1618 obvilly because they did a bad job
@justfetus
@justfetus 3 жыл бұрын
what an informative comment.
@uhohhotdog
@uhohhotdog 3 жыл бұрын
Obviously he left because he did such a good job that they no longer needed him.
@capivara6094
@capivara6094 3 жыл бұрын
Me, who lives in a country where 46% of people, including me, don't have access to sewer:
@MrFreakRite
@MrFreakRite 3 жыл бұрын
Me, living in America: also isn't attached to sewer.
@liebendeinsam
@liebendeinsam 3 жыл бұрын
Sewer is just a hole in the ground.
@Sussy-Walter
@Sussy-Walter 3 жыл бұрын
@@liebendeinsam In my village we just dump everything in the river and it never clogged
@dubdadabooda1038
@dubdadabooda1038 3 жыл бұрын
@@Sussy-Walter that's so sad...
@yakigesher-zion7289
@yakigesher-zion7289 3 жыл бұрын
That’s really unfortunate, I still can’t comprehend having to live without an effective sewage and toilet system
@Ntmoffi
@Ntmoffi 3 жыл бұрын
I flush sewer lines and manholes all the time. You should see the stuff that people flush down their toilets. Basically it's out of sight out of mind for them. These wipes clog up things ALL the time. I always call them 'dryer sheets' when I'm handling the issue.
@watema3381
@watema3381 3 жыл бұрын
Name checks out.
@SuV33358
@SuV33358 3 жыл бұрын
God bless you for the job you do.
@melissacooper8724
@melissacooper8724 6 ай бұрын
They have the same texture as dryer sheets.
@bobbib4627
@bobbib4627 3 жыл бұрын
'Wipes' here means 'toilet paper' right? We don't even use toilet paper in my country, just spray it with water 😂
@TK.919
@TK.919 3 жыл бұрын
No man, toilet paper is flushable, while most of wipes are not
@lunarcorpse
@lunarcorpse 3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, that'd probably be better for all countries.
@arisaardi7576
@arisaardi7576 3 жыл бұрын
@@lunarcorpse water usage could be a problem, especially in a densely populated area.
@beback_
@beback_ 3 жыл бұрын
@@arisaardi7576 Nah it takes more water to produce TP
@SuV33358
@SuV33358 3 жыл бұрын
Wipes are not toilet paper. Wipes are a lot thicker
@akashrao3590
@akashrao3590 3 жыл бұрын
Just install a bidet and reduce toilet paper usage. It's hygienic.
@Dawt_Calm
@Dawt_Calm 3 жыл бұрын
"Flushable" wipes play havoc with your septic systems too. Don't know how many people I've seen had their septic tanks and/or leeching fields re-worked because "flushable" wipes have filled them and won't dissolve. It's very costly for a homeowner.
@noisycarlos
@noisycarlos 3 жыл бұрын
I was sad when I learned this was a problem because I used to be a big user of them. They're great from a user's point of view, but bad for everyone else, so I stopped and got a Fohm device which puts foam into regular toilet paper to dampen it just enough. It's much better than just TP, but not as good as the wipes, so now I'm looking into one of those bidets that install on the toilet. I hope they get the manufacturers to the higher flushability standard.
@_jonathancollins
@_jonathancollins 3 жыл бұрын
Bidets save lives.
@vermontgasman
@vermontgasman 2 жыл бұрын
BIDETS are the way to go! I have one and haven't used toilet paper in years!
@noisycarlos
@noisycarlos 2 жыл бұрын
UPDATE: I got the bidet several months ago and love it. I miss it on trips away from home. When I went to stay at my mom's house for a couple of weeks, I gave her one so I could also use it :-D
@3-Kashmir
@3-Kashmir Жыл бұрын
@@noisycarlos Water/tissues the way. Muslim hack for when your travelling use a an empty bottle & refill it with the water your gunna use to clean yourself
@diceflawless9115
@diceflawless9115 4 ай бұрын
​@@vermontgasman but don't you have to dry with TP?
@makatron
@makatron 3 жыл бұрын
So you're telling me that an industry created their own certification just so they can pass as "flushable" with bare minimum requirements. *=pretends to be shocked=*
@Selyucida
@Selyucida 3 жыл бұрын
I wish there were info of all these so readily available in my third world country and native language. I end up learning everything through how it is in "the states"
@zinedinezethro9157
@zinedinezethro9157 3 жыл бұрын
True, and what makes me really irritated is that because virtually all the data and documentation are from the US or Europe. The people from our nation just makes it that "it's only an american/western problem". This applies to everything, people just thinks everything's working 100% perfectly here because they didn't see nor hear any documentation/data of anything here.
@electronresonator8882
@electronresonator8882 3 жыл бұрын
well, if your government refuses, then *if you really want it* , you have to do it yourself since you already know the language....not your job? that's fine as well, that's why I ask whether you really want it or not
@PHlophe
@PHlophe 3 жыл бұрын
Zinedine Zidane, if anything it clues in the type of sheit ( no pun ) we should never import from the EU or US
@JDelta87
@JDelta87 3 жыл бұрын
I hope sooner than later that these companies will start being more forthcoming about the labels on their products. The marketing departments aren't helping the environment much either.
@MatthewStinar
@MatthewStinar 3 жыл бұрын
We should sentence their boards if directors to community service clearing wipes out of wastewater treatment equipment.
@tnlwithtrixiekat478
@tnlwithtrixiekat478 3 жыл бұрын
Plumbers hate flushable wipes. That’s all you need to know.
@ikashibimauler
@ikashibimauler 2 жыл бұрын
Why? Wouldn't it just be job security?
@naibafYT
@naibafYT 3 жыл бұрын
After my vacation in Japan I never understood why western countries haven't adapted Japanese-like toilets..
@almed23
@almed23 3 жыл бұрын
bidet it, don't wipe it.
@kiennguyen521
@kiennguyen521 3 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! I don't understand why people people still wipe. It's killing the evironment and it's doesn't even clean well
@01JENNERS
@01JENNERS 3 жыл бұрын
@@kiennguyen521 because not every house has one???
@foldingwishes
@foldingwishes 2 жыл бұрын
@@01JENNERS then you can order one. You have to go out of your way to buy TP already. You just need to buy a bidet once.
@jamesodell3064
@jamesodell3064 3 жыл бұрын
Macomb County Michigan (just outside of Detroit) in May 2020 filed a lawsuit to require the manufacturers to change their labeling of wipes because of the the problems they create in waste water treatment plants.
@Smitica1
@Smitica1 3 жыл бұрын
I work for a city where the sewer lines take about 45 minutes to make it to the treatment plant. In that span, sometimes the water goes thru multiple lift stations before reaching the main plant. They break down somewhat along the way, then reform fibers when that minimum rpm to break it up isn't achieved. Pumps then gather the reformed wipes and catch on the spinning blades that moves the water, causing a backup, which continues to collect more, you can easily burn out a motor on a pump which can back up plumbing in houses actually costs taxpayers more in the long term. I'm glad this video was created, its good info to put out there when your neighbor might be someone causing a backup of sewage, in your basement.
@Matthew-dp3hf
@Matthew-dp3hf 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, excellent footage, great commentary, really intelligent and well-rounded. Gets to the point. I learned a lot and I appreciate you all for making this
@maninredhelm
@maninredhelm 3 жыл бұрын
I know the message here is not to flush any of these products, but it's frustrating that neither the video nor the original study it's based on will name the product that performed much better than the rest (2 were cited as partial dissolving, but in the official report "product #57" was clearly superior to "product #51"). If you drive up demand for the better dissolving product, others will compete to outperform it in this category, and maybe then we'll get them all engineered to an acceptably dissolvable level. Right now they're only competing on comfort and price, because buyers have no idea how they differ in "dissolvability."
@CBB1981
@CBB1981 Жыл бұрын
One idea is to not allow company's to market this stuff as "flushable ". There should be strong printed warnings on the packaging that is easily seen. God forbid a company miss out on profits though.....🙄 and this is why regulation and oversight is needed in the corporate world especially. Very informative video, makes me angry that this is a fine example of company's not being environmentally responsible at all and the government not holding them accountable.
@Xendusso
@Xendusso 3 жыл бұрын
Really nice document, love it.
@yusofplayed
@yusofplayed 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing, great reporting!
@ellistonvallarino1836
@ellistonvallarino1836 3 жыл бұрын
There should be a local regulation and an ISO for this
@TacticusPrime
@TacticusPrime 3 жыл бұрын
Local regulations aren't enough. We are talking about multinational corporations.
@ellistonvallarino1836
@ellistonvallarino1836 3 жыл бұрын
@@TacticusPrime That's right! I think an ISO for flushable products would be a first step for international regulation (if there isn't one yet)
@stevechance150
@stevechance150 3 жыл бұрын
Either 1). Outlaw these wipes. or 2). Tax the manufacturers and send the revenue to the city sewage treatment plants to cover their costs for dealing with these wipes.
@1roundleft821
@1roundleft821 Жыл бұрын
Outlaw something that cleans you?
@legoworks-cg5hk
@legoworks-cg5hk Жыл бұрын
@@1roundleft821 there’s something called toilet paper
@elzbthg
@elzbthg Жыл бұрын
or cities and homeowners could start filing lawsuits against the companies
@ab9040
@ab9040 7 ай бұрын
3) Take Hank Williams' advice and mind your own business.
@mgbmusic99
@mgbmusic99 3 жыл бұрын
If you put me in a slosh box, I'll be 60% degraded after 60 minutes... I am FLUSHABLEMAN!
@Xaddre
@Xaddre 3 жыл бұрын
It was not the best idea to pick this video to watch during my lunch break
@VegasDiz
@VegasDiz 3 жыл бұрын
Clogged my toilet twice because of these, finally learned after the plumber costs. No such thing as "flushable"
@vermontgasman
@vermontgasman 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a plumber and if I see these in someones house I warn them!
@asprywrites6327
@asprywrites6327 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the education. Top notch work.
@ericaworthington2675
@ericaworthington2675 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe ask the city/locality leaders to regulate/ban retailers from selling products labeled "flushable"? Got to stop it at the source of consumers are being duped by the manufacturers
@sarthaksrthkyoutu100
@sarthaksrthkyoutu100 3 жыл бұрын
Hmmm
@holymacarony_8784
@holymacarony_8784 3 жыл бұрын
Great video, interesting topic.
@criticalhit009
@criticalhit009 3 жыл бұрын
This was so informative and intersting!
@Amitdas-gk2it
@Amitdas-gk2it 3 жыл бұрын
TY ☺️
@venkateshpotter1685
@venkateshpotter1685 3 жыл бұрын
There is wide visible difference between Flushable vs Dissolvable. People need to understand this
@theblackout27
@theblackout27 3 жыл бұрын
sure, that's the point of this video. You're right that we need to understand this but the onus shouldn't have been on us to find out. The general public needs to understand the difference nowadays because the companies who make these products misled consumers knowingly years ago... They knew flushable would lead people to assume they were dissolvable (or generally, sewage system safe). I don't think there is an expectation that most consumers should have known to ask themselves what "flushable" actually means and implies for the sewage system downstream. I'm sure most thought either it's a rigorious standard, government mandated, or just trusted what the companies claimed.
@takonyka
@takonyka 3 жыл бұрын
whats flushable and not should be regulated by the government so only truly flushable can be flushed. cities should also be charged for containing non-flushables in their waste to encourage people to only flush what they should.
@Xergecuz
@Xergecuz 3 жыл бұрын
We don't even flush TP in Mexico, because it also clogs up the sewers.
@PHlophe
@PHlophe 3 жыл бұрын
half of the world doesn't actually , i think some of tte standards we have in europe are pretty nasty. this reminds me of people that are surprised that i wash my own underwear when i am in the shower. they put their stained drawers in the basket. Pfuh !
@onniboy6026
@onniboy6026 3 жыл бұрын
"Is a world wide everywhere problem" 😂
@LegoCookieDoggie
@LegoCookieDoggie 3 жыл бұрын
The pipes for the whole building clogged when they found someone flushing kitty litter, people are just un informed and not resposible
@ardentvibe6917
@ardentvibe6917 3 жыл бұрын
People are just plain stupid and careless. It’s kinda common sense. Just like… using turn signals, standing and driving on the right, so people can pass on the left… cleaning up after one’s self…
@SuV33358
@SuV33358 3 жыл бұрын
😲
@PrinceAliahsan
@PrinceAliahsan 2 жыл бұрын
The machinery might need an upgrade, or re-engineering to help in its efficiency and improved durability. Standards should be updated to make better flushable products (be able to not break while used but break down under proper regulations), also integrate a govt incentive program to upgrade household bathrooms to use bidets (nyc needs upgrades n the pandemic is the best time to upgrade transit / household regulations).
@babaissues
@babaissues 3 жыл бұрын
Yep this is a problem as a landlord. Tenants using “flushable” wipes that end up clogging the drain and having to get snaked out by a drain cleaner. Ranges from $150-400 depending on how bad it gets.
@dubdadabooda1038
@dubdadabooda1038 3 жыл бұрын
Do you pay these by yourself or have you probably found a way to make tenants pay themselves? (I mean if you have more than one tenant, of course)
@BluJean6692
@BluJean6692 3 жыл бұрын
You'll live.
@babaissues
@babaissues 3 жыл бұрын
@@dubdadabooda1038 in the case of wipes, tampons, or something else they put in the toilet it's on the tenant. If it's tree roots getting into drain lines then I pay.
@perplexingperceptions8888
@perplexingperceptions8888 3 жыл бұрын
Tenants in one of my houses were flushing cat litter like a bunch of idiots & it cost me $600+ to fix it. I told them that if it happens again I'm going to give them the boot.
@mike8055
@mike8055 3 жыл бұрын
An alternative is to dampen your toilet paper.. and use that to wipe your bottom instead.
@user-zy4wv7yx1z
@user-zy4wv7yx1z 3 жыл бұрын
Right? I thought this was common sense, but apparently not. People just buy whatever ads sell to them, without questioning anything.
@VictorMartinez-zf6dt
@VictorMartinez-zf6dt 3 жыл бұрын
There should be a heavy tax on these so-called flushable wipes that aren’t.
@TacticusPrime
@TacticusPrime 3 жыл бұрын
Bidets need to be standard, just like in Japan.
@TheKopakah
@TheKopakah 3 жыл бұрын
This whole video was old news to pretty much everyone, right?
@karthik_mv
@karthik_mv 3 жыл бұрын
Why use toilet paper? Why not water?
@dubdadabooda1038
@dubdadabooda1038 3 жыл бұрын
Water goes through the fingers, probably? Or you mean taking a shower each time? In office? In MacDonald's?
@karthik_mv
@karthik_mv 3 жыл бұрын
@@dubdadabooda1038 use a water sprayer or a bidet. No need for you touch the 💩
@Maverickgouda
@Maverickgouda 3 жыл бұрын
@@karthik_mv to answer your question, there’s videos that explain why toilet paper caught on instead of bidets. They are coming around to them now though
@Maverickgouda
@Maverickgouda 3 жыл бұрын
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@karthik_mv
@karthik_mv 3 жыл бұрын
@@Maverickgouda cool Thanks
@stagnantfox3027
@stagnantfox3027 3 жыл бұрын
To anyone who flushes ANYTHING other than toilet paper: I hope you enjoy paying high taxes. Because it's becoming a problem to a point that it needs higher tax funds.
@wooferjr169
@wooferjr169 3 жыл бұрын
Oh sure blame the tax payer instead of the Government spending Trillions and making everything more expensive. Yup our government is speeding up our inflation. But you are more worried about some poop wipes clogging the waste systems.
@Sussy-Walter
@Sussy-Walter 3 жыл бұрын
Shave 10% from the military and we can have a sewer system that can flush cars down without clogging lol
@RaymondHng
@RaymondHng 3 жыл бұрын
Sewage charge is added to the water utility bill, not the property tax bill in my municipality.
@muhammadhazmianas9813
@muhammadhazmianas9813 3 жыл бұрын
Use water and soap to clean.
@rere439
@rere439 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly!!
@haikalabbas9539
@haikalabbas9539 3 жыл бұрын
* laughs in bidets *
@EdgarRenje
@EdgarRenje 3 жыл бұрын
As someone planning this kind of stuff: the problem is, the pipes have only a certain reasonable gradient in which they can be installed (in Germany this is usually 1%) and we have already reached the limits in saving water (the most economical toilets use only 4l per complete flush). This means you should always flush completely and not stop in advance if you had a big business. Otherwise, the pipes have to be cleaned at great expense. Of course, only toilet paper should be flushed.
@Red7Viking
@Red7Viking Ай бұрын
@VergeScience At 4:15, you say the 95% pass is a much higher benchmark than the industry 60% pass threshold, and highlight those numbers on the comparison table. But it's clearly visible on the comparison table that the industry test uses a 12.5mm sieve for the 60%, whereas the utility test (IWSFG) uses a 25mm sieve -- which makes the industry test a higher bar on that one dimension. How can you be sure that the 60% at 12.5mm is a lower bar than 95% at 25mm?
@jameschristiansson3137
@jameschristiansson3137 3 жыл бұрын
Millions and millions. How much does it add to each household's sewer bill?
@syedmkaleem5471
@syedmkaleem5471 3 жыл бұрын
It's the same thing as putting flushable label on a mobile phone. Everything is flushable if you can think of it but it doesn't mean that you should flush everything in it.
@Dr.Kornelius
@Dr.Kornelius 3 жыл бұрын
HOLD MY BEER
@aaaaii6511
@aaaaii6511 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@kurtjorgenson6027
@kurtjorgenson6027 3 жыл бұрын
I'm a plumber in San Diego county and what most ppl dont seem to understand is if your house was built in the 50's up to the late 90's your plumbing is done in cast iron and after years of use those pipes close up pretty small. What use to be a 4" pipe is more like 2 1/2" to 3" with rough jagged sides. Those wipe grab on easily to the side of pipes causing huge unnecessary floods in ppls houses causing them to pay thousands to get a plumber to come fix their problem they created. Good for the plumbers but bad for homeowners.
@Acquavallo
@Acquavallo 3 жыл бұрын
I love Pam!
@dmuth4484
@dmuth4484 3 жыл бұрын
Why doesn't the government go after forcing these companies that market their products to be flushable when they really arent. Just like the IRS forces people to pay their fair share, the same treatment should be given to these companies.
@robojimtv
@robojimtv 3 жыл бұрын
Who knew that the right approach would be like in developing countries where nothing but poop is flushed.
@davidbarnett1631
@davidbarnett1631 3 жыл бұрын
thank goodness I'm going into the water treatment side of the water world. "flushable" wipes are still a big problem though.
@melissacooper4282
@melissacooper4282 3 жыл бұрын
At my home I don't flush anything down the toilet except the three P's: Pee, Poop and Puke!
@codedeception3704
@codedeception3704 3 жыл бұрын
this is why bidet's should be the norm
@shiina_mahiru_9067
@shiina_mahiru_9067 3 жыл бұрын
It is a marketing strategy because many customers assume something to be flushable if it can safely flush out from the toilet without clotting it. This also shows how bad people are in naming things. They are "flushable", but they are not "quasi-soluble" with water. (It is not soluble in the sense of salt in water, so I call it quasi-soluble.)
@ThomasRowland-dl2em
@ThomasRowland-dl2em 2 ай бұрын
The fine to flush. What standard is it. And how do I know which ones meet/ Exceed your stated slosh bucket requirements.
@lasseigne11
@lasseigne11 2 жыл бұрын
With how much my bill is for water usage, I’m gonna keep flushing my flushable wipes.
@celsius418
@celsius418 2 жыл бұрын
Technically if you flush it and it goes down the toilet then it’s flush-able.
@amthebear
@amthebear 3 жыл бұрын
How to monitor the consumer if they're flushing wipes; flushable or not ?
@OliviaCynderAera
@OliviaCynderAera 2 жыл бұрын
Why don't these facilities file for damages from these wipe companies?
@user-dv2yc3si8r
@user-dv2yc3si8r 3 жыл бұрын
Get a bidet everyone. You can get cheap non electronic bidets that connect to cold and hot water so you get nice warm water cleaning out your beauty hole. It’s so much more refreshing than paper.
@dch2896
@dch2896 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe the companies who made those wipes and advertised them should pay for the damages.
@antiRuka
@antiRuka 2 жыл бұрын
How did this took so long to surface?
@Maverickgouda
@Maverickgouda 3 жыл бұрын
And the kitty litter is basically bentonite which also ends up down the drain
@Hezelcarl1
@Hezelcarl1 2 жыл бұрын
The only flushable wipes I know about that really is flushable is the cottonelle
@niloh3122
@niloh3122 3 жыл бұрын
I think we just need to change people’s mindset on flushing things other than toilet paper down the toilet. If a wipe isn’t labeled as flushable, people will still flush it because that’s what they’re used to doing.
@bigo7062
@bigo7062 3 жыл бұрын
Me living in an entire continent where most people dont use toilet paper
@Ranshin077
@Ranshin077 3 жыл бұрын
Well... then come out with flushable wipes. Seems like an easy answer. Or modern houses need bidets.
@PHlophe
@PHlophe 3 жыл бұрын
Ranshin, when we know a budet was actually modern. if it ain't broke...
@arkvsi8142
@arkvsi8142 3 жыл бұрын
This is why I pop in the wild, and use 🍃🍂
@user-zy4wv7yx1z
@user-zy4wv7yx1z 3 жыл бұрын
Don't grab poison ivy by mistake lol
@harsh_adukia
@harsh_adukia 3 жыл бұрын
Ever heard of a jet or hose built into the toilet seat ?
@119Agent
@119Agent 5 ай бұрын
Cottenelle wipes are the only kind that actually break down like toilet paper, and sometimes better than some premium brand toilet paper.
@tpe6444
@tpe6444 3 жыл бұрын
What about paper towels? Do they disintegrate properly?
@seasong7655
@seasong7655 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe just fine the companies that lie on their product descriptions
@MrGamelover23
@MrGamelover23 2 жыл бұрын
How sad, still going to use them, literally 200% cleaner with them.
@pvtparts90
@pvtparts90 9 ай бұрын
One billion a year across the entire country? That doesn't sound like an issue to me at all lol
@TheTruthPlease100
@TheTruthPlease100 3 жыл бұрын
One issue. Your samples are super concentrated small jar.
@mohammedalbanna7889
@mohammedalbanna7889 3 жыл бұрын
The solution is to use water instead of wipes which will reduce the unflushable waste.
@dubdadabooda1038
@dubdadabooda1038 3 жыл бұрын
You mean taking a shower each time? In public WC as well?
@dubdadabooda1038
@dubdadabooda1038 3 жыл бұрын
And the thing is that it's not a toilet paper what a problem is. It's wipes, which is not used as a toilet paper (well, by adequate people at least)
@curiousmeer
@curiousmeer 3 жыл бұрын
Wash yours with water. Be humans.No one came from Mars. Earth has enough water to wash.
@MrFreakRite
@MrFreakRite 3 жыл бұрын
So like, why do my toilet wipes dissolve faster than TP then? Like... Just left in the toilet for an hour and they are more dissolved than the TP you showed in this video.
@_jonathancollins
@_jonathancollins 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe you got lucky and got a good brand/product that meets the higher standard? That's the whole point of this video, there is currently no way to ensure that a product labeled flushable will actually make it through.
@Primordial_Radiance
@Primordial_Radiance 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds to me like they need to change their machinery so it grinds this stuff down too.
@dubdadabooda1038
@dubdadabooda1038 3 жыл бұрын
Which is a bunch of money which should be payed by whom? By the taxpayers or by the wrong standard creators/manufacturers?
@pinkbrush670
@pinkbrush670 2 жыл бұрын
I thought she meant literal plants that grow in sewer system
@tokumei1933
@tokumei1933 3 жыл бұрын
I guess “flushable” means it’s just flushable in toilet. I think they don’t care if it’s dissolvable or not.
@yorkoxmaul66
@yorkoxmaul66 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine the smell
@ThomasRowland-dl2em
@ThomasRowland-dl2em 2 ай бұрын
New York? Products go to multiple countries. You only mentioned one state. So that is not a good idea as then it might not be applicable where you live and end up with problems in a different area / country
@JasonAlexzander1q47
@JasonAlexzander1q47 Жыл бұрын
Cottenelle dissolves completely in water
@VotreVince
@VotreVince 3 жыл бұрын
BusyCo is producing amazing wipes but not flushable cause they admitted that it's not doable for now.
@PHlophe
@PHlophe 3 жыл бұрын
Vinny, so you are using the bidet then.
@olddoug8945
@olddoug8945 8 ай бұрын
the septic tank guy that installed the system on my new house told me NOT TO USE CHARMIN and other "soft" TP because it would gum up the system. GREASE is another NO NO in the drain. Grow up, folks, be responsible.
@alixyz
@alixyz 3 жыл бұрын
Wish it was clearer they were talking about the US specifically - Other countries have more ubiquitous actually flushable products.
@TheTruthPlease100
@TheTruthPlease100 3 жыл бұрын
Why don't the sewage company put sewage thru a shredder first?
@KyleStrycharz
@KyleStrycharz 3 жыл бұрын
Yet again another reason to leave cities..... the suburbs and rural areas have septic systems.
@saveuighyer3057
@saveuighyer3057 3 жыл бұрын
I feel sorry for the people who are working to clean our society and clean our source of water because of this crisis and there not being appreciated! I salute you! 🙂
@TheTruthPlease100
@TheTruthPlease100 3 жыл бұрын
Why don't companies use the sewage plants test? That is where it has to perform duh!
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