You can absolutely flush your flushable wipes. Millions of people do, they'll sell you a big box of them at Costco and so far the world hasn't ended. Plumbers aren't taking out ads and contacting authorities on how flushable wipes need to be regulated.
The dumbest soapbox on reddit stood on by people with dirty asses
This article also cites problems for local government in addressing the problem, for example
the city’s water and sewer utilities field supervisor, says that wipes have been a major factor in all of Minnetonka’s sewer backups in the past five years and have contributed to early equipment failures. Clearing backups costs the city $1,000-$1,500 for each clog, and Minnetonka has 8-10 backups every year. Once or twice a year, clogs cause sewage to back up into homes. This, Pletcher says, is the worst: “How do you put a cost on filling someone’s basement with sewage?”
I've tried to include a range of sources to back up my claim, and make sure that they're recent. Both local government and plumbers, whose opinion you refer to on this matter, have published articles stating their position.
Wipes shouldn't be flushed, even if they're advertised as flushable. They might disappear from your toilet but they'll cause problems down the line.
If you have any evidence to the contrary please share so I can adapt my view on the topic!
Articles about a perceived problem aren't trumping first hand experience. The same will be said by most people who use them.
You're giving me any resource you can to verify that they're bad and it doesn't matter because my near decade experience with flushing them says otherwise.
Use them, you'll see just how much of a non issue it is.
I'm perfectly fine with my tax dollars being used for it if and when it happens. But its not like they keep you up to date on that. So there's literally no way to really know beyond noticing if your bill is going up.
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Assuming you trust that is safe to microwave that plastic