What women flush down the toilet!

Bredabe

wakka12 wrote: »

Well you're an outlier, as you can see by walking down the street and seeing the majority of women wear makeup

I have to disagree with you on that, most of the women I know, wear as little makeup as they can get away with, which on their downtime, not a scrap at all.
So that would account for less than half of the cleansing items flushed. Tho you may find this interesting, my friend flushes her dog turds down the loo, usually wrapped in kitchen paper, as she has received fine's for putting it in her bin and the on street litter.

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I only flush me own gik, and chickens down the jax, you's are all mad

Brendan Bendar

Bullocks wrote: »

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

I feel your pain, sewer system was blocked behind my gaff.

I opened the lid and saw amongst an array of turds the whole pipe system was clogged by wet wipes.

At least an hour working with sewer rods I got rid of the blockage but the load that followed it defied description.

Included tampons, rubbers, even an empty rat trap!

Luckily the responsible parties got the message and went around slightly sheepish for a few days after.

dudara

Wet wipes are terrible in environmental terms. They'll take ages to break down and cause blockages know as "fatbergs" in sewers & pipes. They're being found washed up on beaches and rivers.

They're actually one thing I'd be in favour of banning straight away. Convenience is no excuse for them.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/20/the-eco-guide-to-wet-wipes

kerry cow

We take so much for granted and go about our business every day in ignorance to the fact that so much good work is been done by the guys behind the scenes dealing with our crap .the fact is 90% of the people who put it down the toilet would empty their stomach if they lifted a blocked man hole cover .
Out of sight out of mind comes to thought .
It's bad enough living with a private septic tank and freeing your your family's left overs .
It's has caused many the argument in many the home , what you put in , much come out ,

Hannibal_Smith

Please people stop flushing baby wipes down the toilet! They cause awful blockages. They are a surge.

SpitItOut

Hannibal_Smith wrote: »

Please people stop flushing baby wipes down the toilet! They cause awful blockages. They are a surge.

Ah yeah

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Malari

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Oh, well I'd rinse all those out and just bring them out to the recycling bin, so it more than suffices for other purposes.

Parchment

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Could you not carry the shampoo bottles to the recycling bin? Your excuse is hardly a legitimate one for not having a bin.

You dont need to change the bin every time you put a tampon or pad into it.

Parchment

dudara wrote: »

Wet wipes are terrible in environmental terms. They'll take ages to break down and cause blockages know as "fatbergs" in sewers & pipes. They're being found washed up on beaches and rivers.

They're actually one thing I'd be in favour of banning straight away. Convenience is no excuse for them.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/20/the-eco-guide-to-wet-wipes

microbeads also need to be banned

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Malari

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No-one's telling you what to do! Just getting around the issue you raised about disposing of sanitary products in the bathroom bin. In my opinion it's a lot easier to rinse and remove a shampoo bottle every month or so than take a tampon out to the outside bin several times a day, once a month.

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xl500

SpitItOut wrote: »

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:



Thanks

Ah now Posh people have just as many periods as the working class

Brendan Bendar

Aaaah heeeyurr ...!!!! my stomach is turning reading this .

SpitItOut

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Aaaah heeeyurr ...!!!! my stomach is turning reading this .

ah yeah