The flushability of flushable wipes has come under strong scrutiny over the last few weeks. This home experiment on Dude Wipes is meant to answer the question, are flushable wipes really flushable? A lot of negative news articles have surrounded the flushable wipes industry recently. I thought it was a relatively new phenomenon, that municipalities were just now seeing the effects of flushable wipes on their water treatment plants and sewage systems. But in doing research, I found articles dating back to 2013, claiming that flushable wipes should NOT be flushed. I hadn’t put much thought into the flushability...
Dude Wipes: Are Flushable Wipes Really Flushable?
