Black Octagon
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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?
They're flushable under certain circumstances. Unlike regular TP, they need both water and velocity to disintegrate. They're not made of paper but rather certain types of short fibre nonwovens.
Source: I used to work for that industry as a service provider.
Anecdote: despite seeing them pass the flushable test under controlled conditions, I wouldn't actually flush them in my own bathroom. If I absolutely HAD to, I'd flush just a single one at a time.
Btw: while these things are indeed a problem, you should see some of the other crap people flush. Tampons. Baby diapers (!!). Electronics. BATH TOWELS. Seriously, it's enough to turn you off living in a condo for life.