It looks thoroughly disgusting. The “it” is an ugly mass of stranded, fiber-like material that slowly, over the years, completely plugged an eight-inch diameter valve at Hutchinson’s ...

The consequences are higher because clogging toilets or the ... in a very different way compared to flushable wipes as compared to how municipal sewer systems do. Therefore, when thinking about ...

Uh-oh: All those disposable masks and wipes are clogging the sewers Yes, you should wear a mask in public. No, you should not throw it in the gutter.

It’s a mundane part of most everyone’s day: flushing a toilet. But in a time when most people are staying at home and perhaps using alternatives to toilet paper amid a shortage, a ...

A new standard for flushable wet wipes has been announced, amid concerns about sewer-blocking fatbergs, solid masses of fat, wet wipes and grease, which can be hundreds of feet long. Water UK ...

having to call in professional plumbers to clear out our sewer line the next day. The cause of the backup? Baby wipes. And only a few, mind you. Usually, our household doesn't flush wipes ...

Starting Feb. 1, the new Michigan law requires baby wipes, surface cleaning wipes, and other non-flushable wipes commonly used in the bathroom to prominently display the “Do Not Flush” symbol ...

surface cleaning wipes, and other non-flushable wipes commonly used in the bathroom to prominently display the "Do Not Flush" symbol on packaging. The law aims to help consumers easily recognize ...