'They don't break down like toilet paper and they can cause massive clogs in pipes within homes as well as in our sewers and at our pump stations,' Dana Zheng said.
WATCH: Flushable wipes are clogging Metro Vancouver sewer pipes. The problem has gotten so bad Metro Vancouver is asking the federal government to define what should, and shouldn't, be flushed down a toilet. Metro Vancouver Manager of Liquid Waste Source Control, Dana Zheng, discusses the problem with Global News Morning.
“When wipes and other unflushable products are flushed down the toilet, they can clog pipes and sewers and this leads to an estimated $250 million a year of extra costs across Canada,” Dana Zheng, manager of“In our region alone, we estimate an additional $2 million per year is spent managing wipes.”“They don’t break down like toilet paper and they can cause massive clogs in pipes within homes as well as in our sewers and at our pump stations,” she added.
These were caused by oil and grease being poured down sinks and hardening with products such as ‘flushable wipes’ and then clogging sewers.“For years now, municipalities across Canada have been advocating the federal government to stop manufacturers from using the term ‘flushable’ unless their products are actually flushable,” she said.“But the stumbling block is that the federal government doesn’t have a standard definition for what is flushable.
Zheng added that with this standard they hope there will be legislation or regulation to stop manufacturers from using the term ‘flushable’ unless their products can be flushed down the toilet. She said the board is submitting a resolution through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, which will be coming up in 2025.Viewed
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