Re:Wet Wipes Box Says Flush, New York’s Sewer System Says Don’t
by pdq on Friday March 13, 2015 @09:57PM
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Why don't they make degradable/dissolvable wet wipes then? Maybe some pre-moistened quad-ply toilet paper? I can't think of a reason the current wet wipes need to be virtually tear-proof.
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Re:Wet Wipes Box Says Flush, New York’s Sewer System Says Don’t
by ams6110 on Friday March 13, 2015 @10:07PM
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Ordinary toilet paper disintegrates quickly when wet, by design. Pre-moistened wipes made of toilet paper would just be a box full of pulp when opened. That's the problem with the wipes, they don't fall apart when they are wet so they clog up the sewer systems.
Re:Wet Wipes Box Says Flush, New York’s Sewer System Says Don’t
by nordsieck on Friday March 13, 2015 @11:03PM
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One of the big problems in the sewers is that the wet wipes combine with various sorts of fat.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/23586290
It looks to me like the oil and wet wipes combination is substantially less likely to break down than either individually.
Re:Wet Wipes Box Says Flush, New York’s Sewer System Says Don’t
by JetSpiegel on Friday March 13, 2015 @10:54PM
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Just sell the dry wipes and the moist in a bottle or something. Add a snazzy packaging and BAM!
Re:Wet Wipes Box Says Flush, New York’s Sewer System Says Don’t
by Evolved on Saturday March 14, 2015 @02:00AM
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A dissolvable wet wipe doesn't seem all that feasible as what is it supposed to take to make it dissolve? A dry wet wipe that you wet and then wipe with which then dissolves is...toilet paper.
Re:Wet Wipes Box Says Flush, New York’s Sewer System Says Don’t
by JulianMorrison on Friday March 13, 2015 @10:15PM
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It's because they're wet.
Contrast what happens to wet TP: it goes to mush.