(BPT) – If you have a pack or two of wet wipes around the house, you know how convenient and helpful these household items can be. However, baby wipes, makeup wipes, and disinfecting wipes are ...

In this photograph taken Sept. 20, 2013, in Middlesex, N.J., Rob Villee, executive director of the Plainfield Area Regional Sewer Authority in New Jersey, holds up a wipe he flushed through his test ...

Three positive environmental changes emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. Two relate to cutting fuel consumption and air pollution associated with driving: More people work from home and more meetings ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - They promise convenience and a cleaner clean—but those so-called flushable wipes may be wreaking havoc on your plumbing, the environment, and your wallet. Despite what the ...

>> YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN OR USED THESE, THEY ARE CALLED FLUSHABLE WIPES. THE TROUBLE IS, ONCE YOU FLUSH THEM, THEY CAUSE A BIG MESS. >> A LOT OF MANUFACTURERS ARE PUTTING OUT WHAT ARE CALLED ...

The modern toilet works on simple physics and smart engineering, but most people rarely think about what happens after the ...

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — The City of Broken Arrow hopes to flush misconceptions about wet wipes down the drain. At least, figuratively. In a press release, Broken Arrow's Utilities Department said ...

Congress is plugging its nose and wading into the gnarly problem of whether “flushable wipes” should, in fact, be flushed down the toilet. Congress is plugging its nose and wading into the gnarly ...

Something’s in the water. And the Super Bowl made it worse. Mere weeks after a collapsed pipeline spilled an estimated 234 million gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River, multiple bypass pumps ...

(NEXSTAR) – Just because something can be flushed down the toilet, doesn’t mean it should be. Plumbers and utility companies are warning people to think twice before they flush so-called “flushable” ...

INDIANAPOLIS (CONSUMER REPORTS) — They promise convenience and a cleaner clean—but those so-called flushable wipes may be wreaking havoc on your plumbing, the environment, and your wallet. Despite ...