What women flush down the toilet!

SpitItOut

Are women the main reason behind work of what waste water treatment plants do with non biodegradable material? I implore with women to think about the environmental impact, when they flush something down the toilet. The safest way to think about what you can put down your toilet is the three Ps — pee, paper and poo!

I think it should as important to have ads on tv to remind people on such, as it is for ads about road safety reminders. So spread the word if you can... especially to working class people!

And a few have already come up with some good solutions to disposing of the "period" stuff:

Bredabe wrote: »

Roll up the pad so it sticks to itself as it's designed, put into a big used envelope and put somewhere discreet, at the end of the day it goes in the general waste bin. Same procedure for tampons, tho they can be put into its own plaster wrapper if you are careful ripping it opening. Never had any problems with smells or discovery.

Thanks

Kimbot

SpitItOut wrote: »

Are women the main reason behind work of what waste water treatment plants do? I am pleadin with women to think about the potential end result, when they flush something down the toilet.

I think it should as important to have ads on tv to remind people of such, as is done for road safety reminders.

Thanks

What are you even on about??

SpitItOut

jonnycivic wrote: »

What are you even on about??

u're not too bright ay?

biZrb

Do you mean 'flushable' baby wipes or sanitary products? I'm sure men flush a lot of stuff down the toilet too that shouldn't be flushed, like condoms.

Outlaw Pete

They should pay higher taxes. They're destroying the fish too!

http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/03/31/americas-fish-contraceptives/

SpitItOut

biZrb wrote: »

Do you mean 'flushable' baby wipes or sanitary products? I'm sure men flush a lot of stuff down the toilet too that shouldn't be flushed, like condoms.

How often does the average man have sex, in comparison to how often the average woman takes off make-up?

begbysback

Joan Burton - I'd flush her down the toilet

SpitItOut

biZrb wrote: »

Do you mean 'flushable' baby wipes or sanitary products? I'm sure men flush a lot of stuff down the toilet too that shouldn't be flushed, like condoms.

The one thing nearly every woman has in common. Make-up. Not everyone has a baby.

Parchment

As a woman - i think its really disgusting. There is pretty much ALWAYS a bin in a cubicle you can use to dispose of tampons/pads.

Lots of people seem to think its ok to flush tampons which blows my mind.

SpitItOut

begbysback wrote: »

Joan Burton - I'd flush her down the toilet

At least she's not a gangster, like Mary Lou Mac.

Mary Lou is kinda like Dexter in a way... living two lives!

biZrb

SpitItOut wrote: »

How often does the average man have sex, in comparison to how often the average woman takes off make-up?

Op you need to explain what the hell you are on about.

Banjo

bear1 wrote:

Another well thought out, debatable thread.
So you are, somehow, implying that we have a waste problem cause of what women potentially flush down the toilet?
Do you have any stats or links that categorically show that women flushing tampons or sanitary towels down the toilet are causing issues further down the line?

Wait, are you saying women *do* flush tampons and sanitary towels down the toilet but you refuse to accept that that is a problem until you see statistics?

Edit : Where did that post I'm quoting go... Flushed! Like a babywipe!

Lady is a tramp

SpitItOut wrote: »

The one thing nearly every woman has in common. Make-up. Not everyone has a baby.

Many/most women use baby wipes though, regardless of whether or not they have a baby.

Most know better than to flush the wipes down the toilet, however!

Bullocks

SpitItOut wrote: »

Are women the main reason behind work of what waste water treatment plants do with non biodegradable material? I am pleading with women to think about the potential end result, when they flush something down the toilet.

I think it should as important to have ads on tv to remind people of such, as is done for road safety reminders.

Thanks

They're brutal , I was fixing a blocked sewer one day and asked the girl's in the house to avoid flushing for an hour till we got sorted . 5 mins later we heard the flush , turd and a rake of toilet paper out but on top of us !
Baby wipes just don't work in a sewer either but women don't believe that

SpitItOut

Banjo wrote: »

Wait, are you saying women *do* flush tampons and sanitary towels down the toilet but you refuse to accept that that is a problem until you see statistics?

I haven't refused. Hence the thread.

biZrb

Lots of things are flushed down the toilet that shouldn't be; sanitary products, baby/face wipes, condoms.
People also poor oil down the sink which hardens in pipes, clings to baby/face wipes and causes blockages.

Woman aren't the sole reason for this OP.

Most women don't use baby wipes do they? I use facewash. They're not good for your skin

c_man

The most destructive thing going down the toilets currently is the "waste" from The Pill. The oestrogen/hormones is our water is a disaster.

Bredabe

SpitItOut wrote: »

The one thing nearly every woman has in common. Make-up. Not everyone has a baby.

Haven't worn make up since I was forced to in the '90's, didnt flush my cleanser then, I use cleaning wipes now when im in a rush to clean up, but they belong in the bin.

So prob fewer women than you think flushing make up remover.

Banjo

SpitItOut wrote: »

I haven't refused. Hence the thread.

Sorry, was talking to someone else - The post I was responding to has since disappeared, but like a sanitary towel down the Boards u-bend you can never be truly rid of it.
Used to live in a house at the end of a row, where the pipe met the main line. Nappies from 6 houses up were the worst culprit for blocking our pipe. In many ways I was as much in awe of the power of their flush as I was disgusted by their habits.

topper75

If it screwed up their own plumbing I wouldn't mind. It would be good if there was some kind of filter that made it directly their problem rather than a public one. One hefty call-out charge would be enough to change behaviour across the board.

Both genders can be guilty.

SpitItOut

biZrb wrote: »

Lots of things are flushed down the toilet that shouldn't be; sanitary products, baby/face wipes, condoms.
People also poor oil down the sink which hardens in pipes, clings to baby/face wipes and causes blockages.

Woman aren't the sole reason for this OP.

I'm not worried about the pipes, but the environment! Duh!

At a wild guess, women with their high maintenance bathroom habits are likely the main culprits. And all you're left with to say, is condoms.

I think it best if you just stuck with the biting one liners.

Parchment

bluewolf wrote: »

Most women don't use baby wipes do they? I use facewash. They're not good for your skin

I have never used a babywipe in my life. I dont know any female friend who does except the ones who have babies.

Bredabe

I have to agree that there are lavish amount of toilet paper some ppl use and flush,
But dont(most) young women know they cant flush sanitary products,
When it was an issue for me, it was ok to flush, but im well aware that's long gone now.

SpitItOut

biZrb wrote: »

Op you need to explain what the hell you are on about.

Beware of this poster. A troll looking for attention!

Lady is a tramp

bluewolf wrote: »

Most women don't use baby wipes do they? I use facewash. They're not good for your skin

Not even for make-up though (although I do use them for that, even knowing I shouldn't.) Just for stuff in general. Isn't it just handy to have a pack of wipes in the kitchen, the bathroom, the car etc. Especially the car, actually.

I'd have always bought them in bulk even long before I had a child!

Parchment

Lady is a tramp wrote: »

Not even for make-up though (although I do use them for that, even knowing I shouldn't.) Just for stuff in general. Isn't it just handy to have a pack of wipes in the kitchen, the bathroom, the car etc. Especially the car, actually.

I'd have always bought them in bulk even long before I had a child!

I dont use them but i would assume people know they are not flushable.

SpitItOut

Bredabe wrote: »

I use cleaning wipes now when im in a rush to clean up, but they belong in the bin.

No one is disputing that!

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PandaPoo

bluewolf wrote: »

Most women don't use baby wipes do they? I use facewash. They're not good for your skin

I've taken make up off with dettol surface wipes before. Didn't flush them down the toilet though!

Parchment

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I often see people doing this - little bags of rubbish and squashing them into public bins.

Get a grip.

Widdershins

Judging by the amount of make up removing wipes in the shops, someone must use them for that purpose. I've seen beach surveys which found heaps of used sanitary products along the shore. Of course women and men flush things down the toilet. Lazy people come in both genders. You can't just flush/throw things ''away.'' There is no ''Away''.

my3cents

One of the must unnecessary blockage I ever came across was a couple of hundred cotton buds with plastic stems flushed down the toilet.

I find it hard to believe how anyone can be that stupid.

Bredabe

SpitItOut wrote: »

No one is disputing that!

I dont understand this comment.

Neyite

I don't flush wipes of any kind or sanitary products down the toilet.

The lads in the house do though, despite me constantly giving out.

osarusan

Nine hundred and ninety nine springs to flush down, nine hundred and ninety nine springs...you flush one down, it swirls around...nine hundred and ninety eight springs to flush down.

nuckeythompson

Foetus

biZrb

SpitItOut wrote: »

I'm not worried about the pipes, but the environment! Duh!

At a wild guess, women with their high maintenance bathroom habits are likely the main culprits. And all you're left with to say, is condoms.

I think it best if you just stuck with the biting one liners.

Firstly you're not being very specific. You haven't mentioned environmental concerns until now.

Secondly, not all women remove make up with wipes and/or cotton wool. There are cleansers that do that. And if they do they don't all flush them down the toilet.

Lastly, don't attack me for trying to understand what you are concerned about.

Bio Mech

Neyite wrote: »

I don't flush wipes of any kind or sanitary products down the toilet.

The lads in the house do though, despite me constantly giving out.

If they flush a lot of sanitary products down the toilet they might be lying about the "lads" part.

my3cents

What women flush down the toilet - SpitItOut and tell your therapist all about it.

Bredabe

nuckeythompson wrote: »

Foetus

Kittens too or as well.

Wardling

jonnycivic wrote:

What are you even on about??

Fanny plasters

Widdershins

''Fairy Hammocks''

Are Am Eye

Maybe a man with a big snake can come along and sort this out?

DEFTLEFTHAND

I remember my younger brother having dreadful toilet etiquette. On one occasion he accidentally dropped a roll of toilet paper into the bowl and instead of retrieving it he attempted to flush it down.

Utter chaos ensued.

Shenshen

At least they do flush the toilet.

Neyite

Bio Mech wrote: »

If they flush a lot of sanitary products down the toilet they might be lying about the "lads" part.

I meant that they flush wipes.

uch

I flushed a cooked chicken down the Jax once, and I'm a bloke! Imagine that

sjb25

uch wrote: »

I flushed a cooked chicken down the Jax once, and I'm a bloke! Imagine that

How did you come upon an occasion to require the flushing of a cooked chicken

annascott

Parchment wrote: »

As a woman - i think its really disgusting. There is pretty much ALWAYS a bin in a cubicle you can use to dispose of tampons/pads.

Lots of people seem to think its ok to flush tampons which blows my mind.

Yes, there is usually a sealed bin in a public loo cubicle so no excuse not to use it, but what about at home? Surely you do not use an ordinary waste bin to hold soiled products.

SpitItOut

uch wrote: »

I flushed a cooked chicken down the Jax once, and I'm a bloke! Imagine that

That's biodegradable at least!