Wet Wipes - New York Epidemic

[mzkhadir]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/n...ew-york-city-sewer-system-says-dont.html?_r=0

Pics on Ny times page.

 

[Blackjack200]

Some of the products are branded as “flushable” — a characterization contested by wastewater officials and plaintiffs bringing class-action lawsuits against wipes manufacturers for upending their plumbing.

Yeah, they're fucking assholes. I had a tenant clog the sewer line flushing these "flushable" wipes.

I hope those lawsuits are successful.

 

[mmntech]

What's wrong with good old fashioned TP? Either that or buy a bidet.

 

[waffleironhead]

Yeah, my last tenants had those in the bathroom. I kindly told them to not flush those things. Seriously, too many tissues can clog sewer lines, what made the company think those wipes would be flushable.

 

[Jeff7]

The dank clusters, graying and impenetrable, gain mass like demon snowballs as they travel.

"Dank clusters" and "demon snowballs."
:biggrin::thumbsup:

“I agree that they’re flushable,” said Tim Haapala, operations manager for the Charleston Sanitary Board. “A golf ball is flushable, but it’s not a good idea.”

Well what the hell??? Improve your system then. Get your shit together!

High-profile wipes champions have included the television host Dr. Mehmet Oz; he has since reversed course after conferring with wastewater experts. In a segment outlining his change of heart, he advised viewers to return to regular toilet paper, manually moistened if possible.

At which point they very promptly disintegrate.

 

[BoberFett]

I've always assumed that was marketing bullshit. If they were flushable, how would they stay wet in the package without disintegrating as soon as you used them? They have to be pretty fibrous to be of any more use than toilet paper, so how could they be flushable?

 

[Blanky]

the heck are adults using these for

 

[Kaido]

Wow they've spent $18 million cleaning that stuff up? Dang!

Someone needs to invent an Insinkerator for toilets :awe:

 

[waffleironhead]

Wow they've spent $18 million cleaning that stuff up? Dang!

Someone needs to invest an Insinkerator for toilets :awe:

Well they do make macerating toilets. I wonder how they would handle these wipes.

 

[ElFenix]

the heck are adults using these for

 

[Fritzo]

I have to admit, my wife was a wipe pusher and now I'm addicted

 

[shortylickens]

Yeah, my last tenants had those in the bathroom. I kindly told them to not flush those things. Seriously, too many tissues can clog sewer lines, what made the company think those wipes would be flushable.

Nothing. It was a lie to sell more.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

The gerbils make a mess. The wipes help out a lot in cleaning up.

 

[KLin]

I just jump in the shower, take the shower off the handle, and spray my butthole with the massage setting.

 

[Newbian]

I just jump in the shower, take the shower off the handle, and spray my butthole with the massage setting.

Do you mash the poop with your feet while in the shower?

 

[effowe]

Do you mash the poop with your feet while in the shower?

Waffle Stomp!

 

[JulesMaximus]

I blame Howard Stern.

 

[mikeford]

I call BS, there are cheap enzymes that eat cellulose. All of our bathrooms have a box of WW with 1/3 cup of Witch Hazel added.

 

[KLin]

Do you mash the poop with your feet while in the shower?

holy shit a hardforum vet!!!

 

[Jeff7]

Wow they've spent $18 million cleaning that stuff up? Dang!

Someone needs to invent an Insinkerator for toilets :awe:

:hmm:
But what do skidmarks cost society annually? Increased detergent usage, increased divorce rate, decreased underwear lifespan...
Surely there must be a break-even point somewhere.




I'm a bit surprised there hasn't been some enterprising company with a good marketing engine behind it that would push bidets.

Maybe show someone "showering" with nothing but dry paper towels, and it's someone who was just changing a car's oil, or tripped and fell in mud, just to really drive home the point.

 

[motsm]

What's wrong with good old fashioned TP?

Jim Norton brought up his love for wet wipes on the toilet more than a few times on air. He is clearly part of the problem.

 

[ViRGE]

1) Eww.

2) Good to know that those things aren't actually flushable. The FTC should really be getting on their asses (no pun intended) for that.

 

[shortylickens]

The gerbils make a mess. The wipes help out a lot in cleaning up.

Switch to lizards. They wipe clean.

 

[Carson Dyle]

The flushable wipes that I've seen are pretty flimsy. Clearly, they're stronger than toilet paper, but they're a far cry from wipes such as Wet Ones and baby wipes.

I'm not totally convinced that they know for certain that the problems are being caused by wipes that are marketed as flushable. It's easy to imagine that quite a few people just don't give a damn and are flushing non-flushable wipes.

 

[who?]

One sheet of the flushable wet tp as a finishing touch is ok but I wouldn't flush a wet ones towelette.