SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - The sewer district serving 1.2 million people in Sacramento County says people looking for alternatives to toilet paper threaten the system's pumps and 4,600 miles of sewer lines.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- There is something clogging the nation's sewers and it is probably in your home. According to the National Association of Clean Water Agencies, moist wipes are responsible for ...

Are disposable wipes bad for plumbing? Is the sky blue? While the subject of flushable toilet wipes may not join America's canon of rhetorical questions anytime soon, to plumbers and sewer treatment ...

Three positive environmental changes emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. Two relate to cutting fuel consumption and air pollution associated with driving: More people work from home and more meetings ...

Disposable wipes: Pull one out of the container, wipe down the entire kitchen and bathroom, then flush it down the toilet, right? While the wipes are a convenient and easy-to-use product that serve a ...

KINGMAN, Kan. (KWCH) - It’s a problem that hundreds of cities in Kansas deal with every day: sewers clogging up after someone’s flushed disposable wipes down the toilet. On Tuesday, Kingman dealt with ...

Cottonelle has recalled several lots of its disposable wipes due to the possibility that they have been contaminated with bacteria. The bacteria is fairly mild, but those with compromised immune ...

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 ...

(WXYZ) — The use of disposable wipes appears to be increasing during the pandemic, the Macomb County Public Works Commission says. Officials say disposable wipes ...

A TikToker took to the platform to share their hack for replacing disposable disinfectant wipes in your home with something reusable that cleans just as well. TikToker cbc (@cbclife98) shared a video ...