They clog up pipes, and are more expensive. People in wastewater tell you not to flush them yet it’s on every product. “FLUSHABLE”
They clog up pipes, and are more expensive. People in wastewater tell you not to flush them yet it’s on every product. “FLUSHABLE”
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“Able to be flushed” does not equal “Safe to be flushed”. They are physically able to be flushed down a toilet. Doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
Nobody has lobbied Congress to make that particular detail a law.
Because it’s not a regulated term. There’s no law or EPA regulation that says what does and doesn’t qualify as flushable.
Most marketing doesn’t have any legal threshold it needs to pass. Things like calorie/nutrition counts are mandated in many countries, and so that is a place where you need to follow within guidelines. But things like “flushable” aren’t something that gets vetted.
Same with things like “Recyclable and Compostable” things may be theoretically recyclable. But not accepted by recycling facilities in most cities. Like a plastic drink lid.
Moving just ahead of regulations is a thing, sadly.
Because it says “Flushable” with an “”, which is the indicator for more information on the claim, which is on the package. So it’s technically accurate.
It’s not a regulated term and the ability to be flushed isn’t really a defined thing legally speaking.
Technically, you could put a label it says flushable on anything. Your cat, flushable. A pound of walnuts, flushable. IKEA sales person, flushable.
Legal action in Australia didn’t go well.
You can never count on corporations to do the right thing if money can be made. They say, “Just make it illegal then,” when confronted with their shitty behaviour, then complain about “job killing regulations.” Now we get companies knowingly breaking the law and simply building the penalty into the cost of doing business.
Everything is flushable if you just believe
They flush just fine.
They’ll clog your drain later down the line.
But they clear the toilet so they flush.
Because under ideal conditions they are fine. Which means they’re allowed to say they’re fine.
Because technically they are they will flush , but weather or not they can or can’t get stuck after the flush is not really stated and of course plumbers love them they get to charge you for them having to remove them.
anything is “flushable” if you’re brave enough.
Who is going to say they are not
In the real world the CyberTruck is more dangerous than a pinto
It has a 5 star safety rating
We are on own
Conspiracy with big plumbing.
There are current lawsuits about that.
>why are they allowed to advertise as such??
FOR THE MONEY
They said you could flush them. They didn’t say they wouldn’t explode your septic tank
Because truth in advertising impinges on dividends. In fact any and all truth as far as I’ve experienced.
Chicken and baked potatoes are not advertised as flushable, but mom…
Government is slow to react. IMO, municipalities need to petition their state governments to get bans in at that level because federal will never happen.
And why are boneless wings allowed to have bones?! Wtf is going ooooooon?!
Not all are created equal, Cottonelle flushable wipes are made with fibers that are 100% plant-sourced and start to break down immediately after flushing, so are other brands of wet toilet paper, put it in a bowl of water and let me know what happens.
For it to be illegal someone would have to define and regulate the term “flushable”.
Which would be a good idea, but isn’t exactly the direction the current US federal regulatory state is headed at the moment.