Or taking “flushable” at face value
While a product may claim to be flushable—and this goes for everything from wipes to tampons—the only thing you should be flushing down the toilet is toilet paper.
“Toilets are more water-efficient now than they were 20 years ago, so there sometimes isn’t enough volume in the flush to force debris down,” Marcin Wroblewski, president of ExpressRooter Plumbing in Toronto, told Reader’s Digest.
“An object will get lodged in the trap and cause blockage when waste builds up days later.”
