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The manufacturer should be sued.
They are the cause of the problem with their false and misleading advertizing.
If they are not 100% degradable they should not be advertized as such.
People with septic tanks will be having problems too.
Looks like a make-work project for the pumpers.
The manufacturer should be sued.
They are the cause of the problem with their false and misleading advertizing.
If they are not 100% degradable they should not be advertized as such.
People with septic tanks will be having problems too.
Looks like a make-work project for the pumpers.
And a make-bills project for taxpayers and other water users who will have to pay extra to remove these giant clots of crap out of our sewer systems just because some idiot wants to wipe his butt with a wet-wipe because they're not capable of getting themselves clean with regular toilet paper. What are we all now, babies?
And if you want that "fresh clean" feeling at home, install a bidet or learn how to wipe better.
The manufacturers market these things as something you use to get extra clean after dropping the kids off at the pool, in addition to good ole TP. Well, if you use it like TP, wouldn't you expect to dispose of it like TP?
I guess they need to spend less time "talking about your bum" and devote some commercial time to explaining that after wiping said bum with the wet wipes, they should be placed in the waste bin not the commode.
According to the news report I saw, this also included all baby wipes and those cleaning wipes you can buy that pop out of the cans like potato chips to clean counters. But the biggest culprits were baby wipes because they are used the most.
The manufacturer should be sued.
They are the cause of the problem with their false and misleading advertizing.
If they are not 100% degradable they should not be advertized as such.
People with septic tanks will be having problems too.
Looks like a make-work project for the pumpers.
Very interesting. The problem alleged by the title, actually isn't a problem. I wonder if the media does this on a regular basis.
"Manufacturers insist wipes labeled flushable aren't the problem, pointing instead to baby and other cleaning wipes marked as nonflushable that are often being used by adults. "My team regularly goes sewer diving" to analyze what's causing problems, said Trina McCormick, a senior manager at Kimberly-Clark Corp., maker of Cottonelle. "We've seen the majority, 90 percent in fact, are items that are not supposed to be flushed, like paper towels, feminine products or baby wipes."
Yep, the world didn't work "as advertised on TV", so let's find someone to blame. (and enrich a few more ambulance-chasers in the process).
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They are the cause of the problem with their false and misleading advertizing.
If they are not 100% degradable they should not be advertized as such.
and what about all those fly-by-nights on the fringes of the market who con impressionable people into "going green" because its sooooh trendy?
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People with septic tanks will be having problems too.
Looks like a make-work project for the pumpers.
The develop[ment of any product for a mass market involves large investment and considerable risk. Then the schlockmeisters of Madison Avenue distort the facts to appeal to their conformityy-obsessed and insecure clientele who can be persuaded to buy anything if enough soft-soap is applied.
The late cartoonist Walt Kelly said it four decades ago (ironically, in a Pogo strip at the time of the first Earth Day).
Very interesting. The problem alleged by the title, actually isn't a problem. I wonder if the media does this on a regular basis.
"Manufacturers insist wipes labeled flushable aren't the problem, pointing instead to baby and other cleaning wipes marked as nonflushable that are often being used by adults. "My team regularly goes sewer diving" to analyze what's causing problems, said Trina McCormick, a senior manager at Kimberly-Clark Corp., maker of Cottonelle. "We've seen the majority, 90 percent in fact, are items that are not supposed to be flushed, like paper towels, feminine products or baby wipes."
Actually your statement is somewhat incorrect. Most of the sewer clogs we're experiencing in our system do consist of a mixture of primarily grease clogs at low spots and bends exacerbated by "flushable" wipes (the last few years they have been always a part of any clog) and items not designed to be flushed which includes towels and articles of clothing.
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