A look at the Competition Bureau’s investigation on ‘flushable’ wipes
In February, the Competition Bureau informed Friends in a letter that it was closing its inquiry because it’s not clear what it really means to be “flushable.”
They included baby wipes, wet wipes for older kids and adults, toilet brush cleaning cloths and diaper liners. Julie Baribeau, a spokeswoman for the Competition Bureau, told The Canadian Press in an email while the investigation has ended, the bureau “does not endorse the representations made about ‘flushability’ or the tests used to evaluate this feature.”Massive blockages made up heavily of flushed wipes that are glued together by cooking fats and other oils put down the drain, have been dubbed “fatbergs” in Britain.
The city of Calgary reported getting 7,200 calls to remove blockages from sewers in 2021 and single-use wipes were the biggest culprit.Read more:Story continues below advertisement Some U.S. states now have laws forcing manufacturers to include labels on all disposable wipes that they are not to be flushed.
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