It may seem harmless to flush a flushable wipe down the toilet. – After all, flushable is in the name! But many of the wipes don’t break down like toilet paper.

But many of the wipes don’t break down like toilet paper. Instead, they can end up stuck in pipes, creating massive, messy clumps of congealed grease, fat, and -you guessed it- wipes.

They make the case for never tossing anything other than toilet paper in there.The mechanisms that allow your toilet to flush are probably high on the list of things you don’t think about very often.

"I recommend you never flush anything other than toilet paper - even if it is labeled flushable," says Linares. Things like paper towels, tissues, and flushable or baby wipes don't break down ...

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