{"id":7575,"date":"2023-08-27T05:17:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T10:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/?p=7575"},"modified":"2023-08-27T05:17:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T10:17:21","slug":"please-never-flush-wipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/archives\/7575","title":{"rendered":"Please: Never Flush Wipes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All wipes \u2013 disinfectant wipes, \u201cflushable\u201d wipes, baby wipes, etc. \u2013 belong in the trash, and should never be put down the toilet or drain.<\/p>\n<p>Even \u201cflushable\u201d wipes do not readily dissolve in water like toilet paper. They can get stuck in bends in the pipes or cling to other buildups, causing clogs that lead to sewer backups and\/or spills. In Huletts, I have been told that they have gotten stuck in some of the sewer pumps, causing expenses to rise as the pumps have to be removed and unclogged.<\/p>\n<p>This video helps explain.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"495\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ogD4XbMCpU?si=_dMpZ1bOXxJdXWLz\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All wipes \u2013 disinfectant wipes, \u201cflushable\u201d wipes, baby wipes, etc. \u2013 belong in the trash, and should never be put down the toilet or drain. Even \u201cflushable\u201d wipes do not readily dissolve in water like toilet paper. They can get stuck in bends in the pipes or cling to other buildups, causing clogs that lead &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/archives\/7575\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Please: Never Flush Wipes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-environment","category-the-landing"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7575"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7577,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7575\/revisions\/7577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}