These flushable friends are highly convenient and proving to be more and more popular. But they play havoc with sewers and the environmentIs there anything more disgusting than a fatberg? These gargantuan mounds of debris block the intestines of civilisation (ie sewers). Fatberg season used to peak on Christmas Day, when people poured turkey fat down the drains in a mass festive clog. Now they're an all-year hazard, thanks to the inexorable rise of the wet wipe.There are wet wipes for every conceivable bathroom occasion: deodorising under-arms, removing eye make-up and, perhaps the biggest seller, toilet wipes. Apparently swathes of the population no longer find paper bearable. They're hooked on single-use wipes that combine synthetic cellulosic fibre with plastic fibres, marketed as "flushable". Continue reading...
The eco guide to wet wipes
20. listopadu 2016 2:30
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Zdroj: The Guardian