[Freak_NL]

The problem with wet wipes is mostly that they should never, absolutely never, be flushed. Wet wipes combine with fat in the sewers, and form the basis of an ever growing deposit of solid mass that will inevitably block the sewer (or pipes if you are unlucky and the stuff builds up at an earlier point).

When these deposits grow in size they are known as fatbergs. In London they have had to remove fatbergs the size of double-decker buses, but it's a global problem.

If you use wet wipes, the rule is simple: deposit them in the trash can — just like period products and nappies.

Don't bother believing the 'flushable' wipes lie: all wipes are flushable for sure, but they all contribute to the problem, and none disintegrate before they mix with fat to become a potentially very expensive problem.

[LargoLasskhyfv]

Maybe plumbing needs a general upgrade from being simply gravity assisted, to something like this

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_disposal_unit

which shreds anything to tiny pieces, which then again can flow freely, instead of being stuck somewhere?

What is more expensive? Cleaning out fatbergs, or have something like this installed at whichever 'layer' in the plumbing, or making bidets mandatory?

(Err...1st world problems while elsewhere many peoply shit who knows where...)

[tomxor]

> if you use wet wipes, the rule is simple: deposit them in the trash can — just like period products and nappies.

In most of south asia you are not even supposed to flush normal toilet paper, the waste systems there just cannot handle it.