Wet wipes are a key component of fatbergs - like this giant one that weighed as much as 10 double decker buses Wet wipes, used for sticky fingers and removing eye make-up, as well as on other ...

All wet wipes sold as "flushable" in the UK have so far failed the water industry's disintegration tests, the BBC has found. Water companies say wet wipes don't break down and are causing ...

Every day, workers at the state’s largest treatment plant pull thousands of pounds of flushed wipes from equipment, sucking ...

From spilt drinks (it can happen at any age) and dribbled food during weaning, to newborn nappy explosions and milk leaks, it’s a braver mum than I who would leave home without at least a travel pack ...

Dec. 15—For 10 years, part of Brian Schmitz's job at Anchorage's Asplund Wastewater Treatment Facility was "de-ragging" equipment. That is, manually removing masses of fouled wipes flushed down people ...

Natural fibres that are increasingly being used in wet wipes may actually do more harm to the environment than the ...

Let’s face it, wet wipes are a convenient, nappy changing essential that we all use on a daily basis. The easy alternative to cotton wool and water, they help with hygiene, and in a pinch, there’s ...

Makeup wipes are pre-moistened towelettes designed to remove makeup dirt and grime quickly and conveniently But should it be ...

Blockages caused by 'fatbergs' — an accumulation of non-flushable items — are wreaking havoc on sewers across Victoria, costing ratepayers millions of dollars each year.

This is also one of the reasons why he is firmly anti-wet wipes. Valeriy Lushchikov / Getty Images “They are so terrible — not only for the environment, but for your hole,” he said.