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.
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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!