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them more difficult to rake and remove. they just get into these big knots. why is this more problematic for your system, the sewage system here and across the country than just toilet paper? toilet paper is tree pulp, it is organic, it falls apart, it gets absorbed. ? the treatment process we have a digestion system that breaks down organizics. these are synthetic and plastic based. they don t break down, we have to physically remove them and that is an extra cost that we didn t anticipate years ago. a lot of them are being advertised as flushable, right? they are flushable to the extent that they ll go down your toilet. but they end up somewhere, and that is here. they re flushable but they don t break down here. you can flush a golf ball but they end up here. the wipe industry has guidelines for what is flushable and what is not.

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