Despite teasing consumers for decades, so-called "flushable" wipes can lead to a cascade of problems within home plumbing and wastewater systems. The key issue lies in their composition and durability ...

INDIANAPOLIS (CONSUMER REPORTS) — They promise convenience and a cleaner clean-but those so-called flushable wipes may be wreaking havoc on your plumbing, the environment, and your wallet. Despite ...

Increasingly popular bathroom wipes, thick, premoistened towelettes that are advertised as flushable, are creating clogs and backups in sewer systems around the nation. Julio Cortez/AP Increasingly ...

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Not much bothers Bill Cyrus. As a technical service manager at the Trinity River Authority's wastewater treatment plant, he has seen and smelled it all. For 39 years, Cyrus has ...

Flushable wipes aren’t flushable. That’s the message the managers of municipal wastewater plants would like the public to get. The items fished out of Tacoma’s wastewater system over the decades are ...

Just because something can be flushed down the toilet, doesn’t mean it should be. Plumbers and utility companies are warning people to think twice before they flush so-called “flushable” wipes down ...

Customers who bought Costco's Kirkland Signature Moist Flushable Wipes between 2011 and 2017 may be eligible for money in a class action lawsuit settlement. The lawsuit claims Costco falsely ...

Flushable wipes are, technically, flushable, the same way you can technically swallow a wad of chewing gum. Therein lies the dangerous half-truth behind flushable wipes: Just because a brand labels ...

Companies such as Cottonelle and Charmin have heavily promoted bathroom wipes Cloth-like material doesn%27t break down in the sanitary sewer system like toilet paper Public works managers say the ...

Flushable wipes are controversial. On the surface, they seem ideal: A discreet wipe in the bathroom leaves you clean without repeated wipes with toilet paper. But CR recently interviewed experts who ...

Step away from the toilet. A study tested 101 single-use wipes and not one of them passed a flushability test. Instead, the wipes failed to fall apart or disperse safely in tests. In other words, ...

The wipes may claim to be flushable, but they're costing cleanup crews millions. Flushable wipes have caused problems in New York City wastewater treatment plants. NYC Environmental Protection March 4 ...