https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 11 Nov 2026 04:55:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2333144 Sun, 25 Oct 2015 17:59:24 +0000 Thrifty Mama 2333144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: It was so embarrassing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2332034 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:30:09 +0000 PawPrints 2332034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never, ever flush anything but toilet paper. Regardless of what is claimed on the package, nothing else is really flushable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2332015 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:10:19 +0000 snowjewelz 2332015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For some reason I never flush wipes... So now I def will not start either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331973 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 15:50:22 +0000 looch 2331973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My father told me years ago the only thing to flush is waste and toilet paper. We always had a garbage can in the bathroom right by the toilet in my house!</p> <p>Flushable doesn't mean degradable, I think that's the distinction that should be made. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331944 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 15:24:32 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 2331944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I knew about tampons, but not wipes. Noted! No more flushing wipes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331940 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 15:21:40 +0000 macintosh 2331940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, a combination of wipes and tree roots caused a sewage backup in my house. It was sooo expensive to fix and clean up! Now I just use a spray bottle of witch hazel with some toilet paper if I need extra cleaning. I haven't flushed tampons since I lived in an old house years ago. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331932 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 15:15:33 +0000 rosegold 2331932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: right?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331810 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:06:20 +0000 regberadaisy 2331810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Thrifty Mama: oh, no!!! Uber embarrassing. 😳 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331799 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:02:58 +0000 Bao 2331799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had no idea about any of this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331794 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:00:41 +0000 Thrifty Mama 2331794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first time I flushed a few wipes was in someone else's house and the toilet started overflowing. Mind you, it was only 3 or 4 wipes! I was mortified. Never again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331609 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:07:51 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2331609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have flushed (accidentally put in the toilet) a few wipes but never bought the flushable ones because I don't trust them! Tampons I had no idea about either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331608 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:06:26 +0000 daniellemybelle 2331608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How am I supposed to know that wipes labeled flushable shouldn't be flushed!? Crazy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331606 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:04:54 +0000 MoonMoon 2331606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think a lot of products say they're flushable as a marketing tactic, but it wreaks havoc on pipes and the water system! I used to flush tampons too, but I read online threads with nightmare stories and stories from plumbers so I've changed my ways. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331585 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:55:06 +0000 808love 2331585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glad I didn't find this out until after potty-training. :) Maybe we should all go back to the days of cloth wipes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331562 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:36:16 +0000 Ajsmommy 2331562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a friend that's a plumber and I remember him saying years ago that the only thing that should be flushed with the waste is the tp. He even said the wipes that are labeled flushable shouldn't be flushed... however, I still flush tampons. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331551 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:24:59 +0000 BandDmommy 2331551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have always only flushed TP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331539 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:20:11 +0000 rachiecakes 2331539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey: my parents have a 1700s house on Cape Cod and that's a 1-ply household for sure!</p> <p>This topic on HB has been eye-opening. I had no idea these things weren't flushable and always assumed the feminine products bin in public restrooms was for applicators and wrappers, oops! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331520 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:09:45 +0000 chopsuey 2331520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only flush tp! Recently switched to 1 ply.. Even though I'm not a fan! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331511 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:06:17 +0000 rosegold 2331511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>never thought about this stuff before kids!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331508 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:02:56 +0000 regberadaisy 2331508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's flushable and then there's will it actually break down in water. Sure you can flush it down the toilet and it won't get stuck in the trap. Even certain toilet paper will not disintegrate easily. (*ahem* charmin) We learned that the hard way! Twice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331503 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:59:53 +0000 mrbee 2331503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Greentea: Oh wow, that must've been so awful!</p> <p>Were the wipes labeled as flushable wipes? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331495 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:57:03 +0000 Greentea 2331495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know not to.flush wipes from experience! I did once when younger and the sewage backed up into the shower! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331493 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:55:19 +0000 travelgirl1 2331493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These threads have been such a big eye opener to me! I totally thought flushable wipes and tampons were okay to flush. Changing my ways from today! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/flushable-wipes-and-flushing#post-2331488 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:53:14 +0000 mrbee 2331488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This came up on a separate thread, and it reminded me of a recent article in the Times! Apparently flushable wipes have been creating a growing number of problems in public sewage systems:</p> <p>&lt;&lt; Wet wipes, which do not disintegrate the way traditional toilet paper does, have plagued Hawaii and Alaska, Wisconsin and California. Sewer systems have been stuffed in Portland, Ore., and Portland, Me. Semantic debates have visited Charleston, W.Va., challenging the latitude of “flushability.” “I agree that they’re flushable,” said Tim Haapala, operations manager for the Charleston Sanitary Board. “A golf ball is flushable, but it’s not a good idea.”</p> <p>The consummate cautionary tale is that of London, where in 2013 a collection of wipes, congealed cooking oil and other materials totaled 15 tons, according to Thames Water, the utility company that removed it. It was known, like some previous occurrences, as the fatberg. “We reckon it has to be the biggest such berg in British history,” Gordon Hailwood, an official with Thames Water, said at the time. &gt;&gt;</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/nyregion/the-wet-wipes-box-says-flush-but-the-new-york-city-sewer-system-says-dont.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/nyregion/the-wet-wipes-box-says-flush-but-the-new-york-city-sewer-system-says-dont.html</a></p> <p>According to the article, you shouldn't flush baby wipes even if they are marketed as flushable! I had no idea... </p>