Toilets at home aren't bins and the only things that should be going down there are the three Ps - paper, pee and poo. Now woman revealed her horror after discovering one thing about tampons Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Most of us are well aware that anything other than toilet paper should not be flushed down the loo, correct? Yet it appears an astonishing number of individuals have only now grasped that tampons aren't meant to be flushed - sparking widespread debate. Our domestic toilets aren't waste bins as the only items that should be swirling down them are the three P's - paper, pee and poo.
Sewer systems are designed solely to cope with human waste and toilet paper, any additional items like wet wipes or kitchen towels can easily catch on internal piping and cause blockages. Toilet roll is made to disintegrate in water, whereas products such as tampons do not break down. Cosmetic tattooist Eda, from the US, took her surprise to TikTok and said: "I've been flushing my tampons for over 20 years.
20 years. I was getting my hair done today and I was telling my hairdresser the house we just bought is on a septic tank and we are converting to a sewage system so one of the things that I can't do on a septic tank is flush my tampon." She recounted how her hairdresser was bewildered by the.