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minus-squareMk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-24 days agoIt should definitely be illegal for wet wipes to be advertised as flushable. Maybe it already is in the UK, but in the US it still is not. EDIT: Maybe there should even be a legally mandated warning label about not flushing them.
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoSome of them have the ambiguous: That’s obviously: Do not throw this in the toilet. Please throw it directly into the sea. This product can be used to attack Koopa Troopers.
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 days agothey should be banned
minus-squareNuerion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoi mean to be fair they do flush they just fuck up a lot of shit after the fact
minus-squareMk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoI would argue that for something to be “flushable” it has to be something the sewer system can actually handle.
It should definitely be illegal for wet wipes to be advertised as flushable. Maybe it already is in the UK, but in the US it still is not.
EDIT: Maybe there should even be a legally mandated warning label about not flushing them.
Some of them have the ambiguous:
That’s obviously:
they should be banned
i mean to be fair they do flush they just fuck up a lot of shit after the fact
I would argue that for something to be “flushable” it has to be something the sewer system can actually handle.