WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, introduced Wednesday the bipartisan Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act, a ...

In this photograph taken Sept. 20, 2013, in Middlesex, N.J., Rob Villee, executive director of the Plainfield Area Regional Sewer Authority in New Jersey, holds up a wipe he flushed through his test ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- There's a nationwide recall of Cottonelle brand wet wipes. The wipes may be contaminated with bacteria that causes infections. The recall includes Cottonelle Flushable Wipes ...

Thanks to a new Michigan law, the disposable wipes package atop your toilet tank should start to display a new label — if it doesn't already — to indicate the wipes should not to be flushed. The bill ...

Grant Mitchell from Severn Trent Water says every day 10 tonnes of wet wipes is removed from sewage at Minworth Wastewater Treatment works Long the scourge of water companies for blocking pipes, a ban ...

The simple act of flushing or draining something down your sink might seem harmless, especially when you're in a hurry to ...

Wet wipes, also known as flushable wipes, are moist wipes for cleaning feces from our butts after using the toilet. These wipes are essentially dampened cloths, and are often recommended over toilet ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - With toilet paper in short supply due to the coronavirus pandemic, many are turning to alternate sources as toiletries. However, the Metropolitan Sewer District is saying that ...

Wet wipes may be an improvement on traditional toilet paper, but even ones that say “flushable” on the package are not. Studies have shown that you can flush anything down the toilet, like urine, ...