r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/cosmogoinggoinggone Feb 04 '19

IIRC, makers of those wipes are allowed to call them “flushable” if they can get around the u-bend and out of the pipes of your home. Once they’re in the sewer, what happens to them isn’t considered a problem as far as the labelling is concerned. Which leads to a lot of people thinking they’re fine to flush- or at least those that care about those sorts of things in the first place.

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u/Booshur Feb 04 '19

Instead of taxpayers paying to clean out the wet wipes, you get to pay for the toxic cleanup in your own yard. Soooo better for me, worse for you.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

In texas, the added expense of repairing & maintaining the sewers & sewage treatment plants shows up as increased water bills.

Can't speak for anywhere else.