13 things you can not flush the toilet
A Life / / December 19, 2019
1. Paper towels
Paper towels, toilet paper is much denser and more difficult to dissolve in water. The risk of clogging is especially great if you wash away a lot of crumpled sheets at a time.
2. adhesive plaster
One small patch seems harmless, but it is not. It is insoluble in water and can cause obstruction.
3. Hair with comb
Cleaning out a comb, some repeatedly wash her hair in the toilet. And in vain, because the matted hair will join the rest of thoughtlessly thrown to the subjects, and then the blockage is inevitable.
4. Filler pet toilet
Clumping, silica gel and absorbent - no filler types can not be thrown into the toilet. Its particles may swell and stick together in a lump, which is stuck in the pipe.
5. Women's Personal Care Products
Pads and tampons are designed to absorb. used items health, Trapped in the liquid, swell, increase in size and will hinder the flow of water to pass through.
6. Diapers
With diapers the same story, only they are initially more larger.
7. cotton pads
Cotton pads, though small, but the water is able to absorb, too. Therefore, better throw them in the trash.
8. Cotton buds
They do not dissolve in water. But accumulate and get stuck in the pipe can be.
9. condoms
contraception also dissolves in a toilet bowl. Condoms remain in the pipes and can create a serious obstacle in the way of water, if for anything hooked.
10. Food
Besides the fact that some products or foods leave stains and dirt on the toilet, they are one of the reasons for the blockage. Especially the swollen leaf tea leaves, rice and pasta.
11. debris
Small pieces of paper, labels, stickers, dust and pebbles, which appeared during the repair, should go in the trash, if you do not want to call the plumber.
12. cigarettes
Cigarette butts are not soluble in water, so the contents of ashtrays need to include it in the trash.
13. Nylon tights and stockings
If suddenly, for whatever reason, there was a desire to throw the torn stockings in the toilet - stop. It can also interfere with the passage of water.
see also
- What is the separate collection of waste and how to do it at his home →
- How to get rid of the unpleasant smell from the rubbish bin →
- 10 most polluted places, and things that people forget →