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Not sure if the irony is lost on you, but this is a zero sum game. For every bit of research one posts against it, there are at least equally as many FOR it. No
by ranger_danger 3y ago
Not sure if the irony is lost on you, but this is a zero sum game. For every bit of research one posts against it, there are at least equally as many FOR it. Nobody can win.
> But these wipes contain plastic
Thames should know better that not all of them do, for example Cottonelle.
Most wipes accumulating in wastewater and sewers are baby wipes, hard-surface cleaning wipes or other wipes NOT designed to be nor marketed as flushable. The people running these operations do not have the knowledge or equipment to test which exact manufacturer's product line caused a problem beyond a reasonable doubt.
https://www.charlestonwater.com/DocumentCenter/View/2120/Wipes-Flushability-Test-Results https://www.charlestonwater.com/DocumentCenter/View/2120/Wip...
https://charlestonwater.com/civicalerts.aspx?aid=222 https://charlestonwater.com/civicalerts.aspx?aid=222
> Charleston Water System (CWS) settled its class action lawsuit against all remaining defendant wipe manufacturers and retailers. This ensures that nearly all flushable wipes available to consumers across the country will truly be flushable and that packaging for all non-flushable wipes will clearly indicate they should not be flushed.
- defrost 3y ago> Thames should know better that not all of them do, for example Cottonelle. So .. they should advocate for people being better at sorting out what they flush down a toilet along with sorting their recycling? Real world experience demonstrates that doesn't work. They only winning strategy here is keep working to denormalise flushing anything down a toilet, washing anything into sewer lines that isn't paper, piss, or poo. Sure, there are possible exceptions but once a door is opened other things are shoved through and we're back to fatburgs that bog up the system and backflow neighbourhoods.
- ranger_danger 3y agoare you saying you now accept that "flushable wipes should never be flushed" might have been a bit incorrect? and you are just moving the goalposts now?
- defrost 3y agoNo, and no. I'll leave you to work your way through that, it's correct and considerably easier to deconstruct than the papers of Alonzo Church or Scott–Strachey semantics.