Companies like Cottonelle and Charmin heavily advertise their flushable wipes. They sound so convenient. But plumbers make a lot of house calls that involve clogged toilets, backed up sewer lines ...

A new documentary called “Charmin Wipes Out a Forest” explores that question. It’s available to watch on YouTube. On ...

Flushable wipes don't break down easily enough in water, despite what manufacturers claim. This buildup causes accumulation of the wipes, and clumps of wipes can easily clogs pipes and sewer systems.

Kimberly-Clark, makers of Cottonelle products, claim their wipes are "100% flushable" and "break down like toilet paper." This appears to be true today, but wasn't always the case.

(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 ...

You’ll want to look for flushable wipes that are made up of cellulose plant fibers, which are designed to dissolve within hours, Dave Rousse, president of the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics ...

Undissolved wipes are pulled from the water by a screen and scrape machine at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, March ...

Plumbers and utility companies are warning people to think twice before they flush so-called "flushable" wipes down the toilet. Some of them don't actually break down and disintegrate, creating ...

“Part of the problem is a lot of the packaging on wipes says ‘flushable.’ Well sure, they’re flushable. Your child can flush their toy down the toilet, but you shouldn’t.