Toilets For Sanitation, Not Waste Disposal

Toilets For Sanitation, Not Waste Disposal

 

13 Mar 2023

One in five users of contact lenses reportedly flush them down the toilet, adding over 20 metric tons of microplastic pollution to waterways annually in the US alone. Cities spend millions dealing with enormous masses of wet wipes, hair, condoms, tampons, cotton balls, bandages, and dental floss that clog septic systems and reduce water quality. Cigarette butts leak toxic chemicals into water too. Narcotic drugs should never be put down the toilet. Only human waste and toilet paper should be flushed down the toilet. Nothing else.