26-10-2016, 08:23 AM
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Wet wipe mountain
For those with delicate derrieres.Flushable wet wipes ain't flushing and they are bunging up our toilets and sewers .
These are causing angst amoung the water companies and they need diggers to remove veritable mountains of wet wipes .
They say you must only put three things down the loo.
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Paper
Poo
newspaper squares on nails anyone ?
26-10-2016, 08:36 AM
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Re: Wet wipe mountain
There was a photograph in my local paper of the wet wipe mountain in this area
it is horrific.I am guessing the problem is mainly caused by young people with babies, I say this because our narrow drains here used to get blocked when visiting families with small children came to stay with relatives.
This is one weekend of wet wipes at a local treatment works...
Severn Trent said even wipes which were branded as flushable were causing issues and asked people to think twice before chucking wet wipes, baby wipes or floor wipes down the toilet.
In the last year, it was called out to over 30,000 blockages in the region, of which three quarters were caused by people misusing the sewer system and flushing things like wipes.
James Jesic, operations manager, said: “Wipes are the biggest problem we’re dealing with at the moment, and what’s making the problem worse is that there are some wipes you can buy that are branded as ‘flushable’.
26-10-2016, 08:40 AM
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Re: Wet wipe mountain
Originally Posted by carol
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Not when you've wiped your bum on them it doesn't!
26-10-2016, 09:23 AM
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Re: Wet wipe mountain
I would like to mention that wet wipes are just another way to get you to spend your money with the people that make them.After using the loo, I am sure you all wash your hands, so if the dry loo rolls don't get you clean enough why not try washing yourself?
( I realize this may not be possible in public toilets but it is easy to do at home!)People often criticize the French, but bidets do an excellent job!
We all waste to much in this world and that waste will probably affect your grandchildren's future! Or do we not care about the future of next generations?
26-10-2016, 11:03 AM
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You don't use them to wipe your bum, just refresh after using paper, I would hope!But then some folk...
Don't they have to put paper in bins in Greece because of the plumbing being none existent or something?
My niece told me that some public mens loos in Dubai have hoses to wash with but, she had to warn her son against using them because of "backwash"!
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