I read somewhere that said only poo and toilet paper should go down the toilet. However I don't think this is true enough, for example the following is often believed to be ok:
1. Puke
2. Dead fish
3. Hair (pubic or head)
4. Nails
5. Facial tissues
6. Dead insects, cockroach, etc.
Some of these are also sometimes flushed down, however less ok:
1. Bandaids
2. Teeth floss
3. Cotton buds
Also are kleenex flushable toilet wipes can be flushed now?
I'm guessing OP is from another culture where they don't have toilets like ours. Given the site is oz-bargain I think it's appropriate to discuss Australian ethics and guidelines.
I have toilet, but never needed to understand sewage. Can you care enough to explain it?
Hair degrades very slowly and tangles/creates a mass very easily. It is not okay to flush hair.
Okay Ted Bundy.
Don't complicate it. Obviously bodily excretions can be flushed, and toilet paper, and that's it.
For toilet wipes I'd suggest checking the label.
Probably okay to flush small bugs and the like but if you're not sure just use the bin.
Facial tissues are of course almost the same exact material as toilet paper so they're fine.
Anyone remember in Borat when he doesn't flush the poo and carries it in a plastic bag back to the dining table? đ
Of course you flush your poo.
Facial tissues are of course almost the same exact material as toilet paper so they're fine.
Not according to Kleenex
I remember as a kid a relative clogged the pipes after flushing tissues because of her bad head cold.
Toilet paper only.
For toilet wipes I'd suggest checking the label.
Like the ALDI ones that were listed as âtoilet safeâ and were absolutely not. I have never seen a toilet wet wipe that is âsewer safe.â
And like @John says above, face tissues are nothing like toilet paper. Most of them are treated to make them less absorbing and stronger than poo paper. A lot of tissues have oil in them and make them a nightmare in toilet systems, as they donât break down and resist water.
Definitely donât flush wipes. The packets lie. Put them in a bin.
Check this link: https://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/cant-flush-this/
Thank you, very useful.
I used to flush food scraps. It's organic and breaks down.
Now i just flush my hopes and dreams..
Not OK :
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Press freedom and intergity is being flushed down the toilet.
Ok wise guy, that's all fair and all but how am I a completely unassociated individual going to dispose of such commodities when the authorities knock at my… the person's house?
Google fatbergs to see what doesn't degrade.
At dinner time… nice one.
Pee, paper, poo… nothing else in the loo…
As someone that has serviced and repaired council sewage pumping and filtering equipment, (fropanity) all yâall that put those god damn wet wipes, ya used dingers and period plugs down your shitter. (Fropanity) you very much.
- Puke â (mouth poo, ok)
- Dead fishâ (Really? Just put it in the bin)
- Hair (pubic or head)â (pubic, ok. Short head, ok, long head hair, no, just no. It gets caught and doesnât break down)
- Nailsâ Doesnât break down and acts as a hook for other things that shouldnât be in the toilet.)
- Facial tissuesâ (No, a lot of them donât break down or break up or have oil on them, making them water resistant)
- Dead insects, cockroach, etc.â (seems a waste of water…)
Some of these are also sometimes flushed down, however less ok:
- Bandaidsâ (No. Donât break up and get caught.)
- Teeth flossâ (See hair above. Put it in the bin.)
- Cotton budsâ (See nails above. Gets caught up, snagging other things.)
Damn, I should do an AMA on this topic alone… :D
I respect your experience, but puke can contain undigested fats and they are not water-soluble and therefore will not break down.
I did three years at uni in the north of England and I can assure you that puke can block a toilet.
You have to look at frequency and volumetric content.
If you are spewing 2 times a day (or have a family of 4 spewing multiple times a day) and your spew has sufficient fat content to blow your sewer, or that of the town sewer system, then I suggest that you have other problems that need tending to before you worry about your spew blocking up your septic system…
You did 3 years at uni, good for you. How much time have you spent repairing sewer handling equipment?
But I have to agree on the fat thing. A plumber friend of mine says that 90% of his call outs to blocked drains is due to people pouring fat and oils down their drain. If OP had of had that on their list, I would have pinged that as being unacceptable. So, yes, sure, if you are regularly throwing great volumes of spew down your drains on a daily basis, donât.
I included the three years at uni reference because uni toilets are notorious for being blocked with vomit, especially those situated near the bars.
You seem to have interpreted it differently.
If it's brown flush it down if it's yellow let it mellow.
If it's red see a doctor
leaves of three let it be
leaves of four eat some more
if it's squirming, it's time for a worming.
If it came out of your body, and was supposed to be in your body in the first place (because I KNOW someone will go there), it's ok to be flushed. Also, toilet paper, though not all toilet paper is the same. Quick test, put the toilet paper in a cup, stir/shake it a bit, the more/quicker it disintegrates the "safer" it is for the sewer system (this simple test will quickly show you that flushable wipes are NOT a good idea). Really, toilet paper is the only thing that doesn't come out of your body that should be flushed, even tampons shouldn't be.
That said, if a spider falls in the toilet, don't freak out and try to rescue it (unless it's a pet)…just flush away. If you shed so much that simply standing over the toilet sees a few strands of hair fall in…that won't hurt anything. But don't pull out the nasty hair that's clogging your shower and try to flush it, just chuck it in the bin.
If it came out of your body, and was supposed to be in your body in the first place (because I KNOW someone will go there), it's ok to be flushed.
It's not okay to flush babies.
Son of a….
wet tissues
Kitchen sink waste disposals .. all sorts of scraps end up in sewer system.
Well for 6 long years this Crap LNP Government was the unflushable Turd
Hi Bill
At least ScoMo did his bit to protect the sewer from overload at Engadine McDonalds in 1997.
Ozbargain is getting stupider sh.t posted everyday
pun intended?
Slow Friday night eh?
Some of my poos can't be flushed
they are called cloggy bois
O shit waddup!!
Reminds me of a story I heard.
Man finds out his waste pipes in the house are running slow.. he buys lots of drain cleaning chemicals to no resolve.
He calls a plumber who inspects the house plumbing, and finds in the main sewer pipe leaving his house has a mass in it that's clogging up and slowing the flow. He suspects his wifes hair and tissues down the toilet is what is causing the problem.
The plumber removes the blockage and tells the man of the house that it is all good and should stop flushing condoms down the toilet as he found mass amounts of it blocking the pipes.
Kicker is he doesn't use condoms
i'm trying to figure out why you would flush dead fish, its like they will just magically start breathing again and be alive.
All drains lead to the ocean… As said by Nemo.
There is a distinction between 'flushable' and 'degradable'.
Flushable means it will go down the pan when you flush.
It does not mean that it will break down and disappear.
Flushable wipes are a prime example. Yes they will go down and flush away but that does not mean that they won't accumulate in your sewer pipe and cost you a small fortune to remove later.
Another example is food. It might seem ok to scrape last night's unfinished curry down the pan, but fat is not water-soluble and will cling to other stuff down there. That is how fatbergs are created.
Here's a nice one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK9vMZ4QizM
Cocaine.
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie.
Wtf…