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I've got so much that diarrhea filters into clean drinking water (startrek.website)
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[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"flushable" wet wipes usually aren't actually flushable.

https://metropolitanplumbing.com.au/blog/are-flushable-wipes-actually-flushable/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-26/pandemic-wipes-create-sewer-clogging-fatbergs

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 5 points 2 years ago

interesting, but it seems the EU addressed the issue a couple of years ago

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

just checked. The wipes I use are cellulose and not cotton. They are paper just like toilet paper.