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Top 10 Most Flushed Non-Flushable Items
By Responsible Flushing Alliance April 16, 2021 Did you know that flushing products that were not designed to be flushed […]
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Forensic Evaluation of Non-Dispersables New York City Law Department
Forensic Evaluation of Non-Dispersables New York City Law Department – New York, NYAugust 15, 2016 Fuss & O’Neill See Here […]
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UK STUDY ON WIPES IN SEWER BLOCKAGES RELEASED
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Forensic Evaluation of materials collected at McMillan Pump Station, Jacksonville, Florida – March 12-13, 2019
Executive Summary Forensic evaluation of three separate sets of bar screen samples collected at McMillan Pumping Station on March 12-13, […]
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INDA-MEWEA “Don’t Flush Baby Wipes” Pilot Public Education Campaign
Apr. 16 INDA-MEWEA “Don’t Flush Baby Wipes” Pilot Public Education CampaignFinal ReportApril, 2015 INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics […]
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INDA-EDANA Flushability Guidelines, June 2013
Jun. 01 To view full article, click here.Published June 2013 Preface Since the launch of the first edition of this Guideline […]
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Executive Summary: Third Edition Guidance Document for Assessing the Flushability of Nonwoven Disposable Products
Jun. 01 Originally Published June 2013 […]
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Ad Age: Responsible Flushing Alliance Battles Wanton Toilet Behavior
Original Source: Ad Age New package symbol will help flushers know when it’s cool to flush and when it’s not. The […]
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The American Council on Health and Science: Flush The Misleading Labels On Flushable Wipes
Original Source: The American Council on Health and Science In the grand tradition of misidentifying problems and offering proposals that won’t […]
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The Berkshire Eagle: Dave Rousse: In defense of flushable wipes
Apr. 05 Original Source: The Berkshire Eagle CARY, N.C.— In reviewing the recent Pittsfield City Council discussions on flushable wipes and […]
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The Hill: DC Flushable Wipe Law is a Washout After Considering the Science
Mar. 06 Original Source: The Hill In December, a federal court put on hold a Washington, D.C., city law regulating moist […]
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The L.A. Times: Why are you flushing that down the toilet?
Oct. 06 Original Source: LA Times It can be mind-boggling to think about what life must have been like before refrigeration, […]
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The Washington Examiner: Our sewers are clogged, but flushable wipes are not the culprit
Aug. 01 Original Source: Washington Examiner Despite coast-to-coast talk about potholed roads, collapsing bridges and an antiquated air traffic control system, […]
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Nonwovens Industry: Flushability is a Hot Topic at WOW
Original Source: Nonwovens Industry A team of industry experts closed out this year’s World of Wipes conference with a special session […]
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WAMU 88.5: Wet Wipes Industry Asks Congress To Flush D.C. Effort To Set Standards For Bathroom Wipes
Jun. 20 Original Source: WAMU 88.5 Marijuana. Guns. Assisted suicide. Those are all issues that have prompted Congress to try and […]
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The Hill: When states backtrack on flushable wipes, quality of life suffers
Apr. 24 Original Source: The Hill Since 2014, a number of state and local officials have taken a hard look at […]
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University of Arkansas: Marketing Department Seniors Bring Awareness to the Damage from Flushing Flushable Wipes
Apr. 11 Original Source: University of Arkansas Students in a Walton College of Business marketing class taught by Rebecca Miles, clinical […]
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The Huffington Post: Flushing Busybody Politicians
Mar. 21 Original Source: The Huffington Post Regulators must think they need to bolster their collective bad reputations as the worst […]
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Crain’s New York Business: NYC must keep promise to reduce small-business fines
Mar. 13 Original Source: Crain’s New York Business City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito recently announced commonsense measures to help small businesses […]
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Times Ledger: Queens Chamber says ban on flushable wipes could hurt business
Feb. 22 Original Source: Times Ledger A proposed bill that would ban the sale of flushable wipes is being met with […]
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The Washington Examiner: Time to flush DC’s ban on flushable wipes
Jan. 26 Original Source: Washington Examiner As Congress and the new administration focus on infrastructure, we have our own infrastructure challenges […]
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The Washington Times: Wiping out the Commerce Clause
Dec. 14 Original source: The Washington Times D.C.’s flushable wipes bill would prevent companies from selling their product across the nation […]
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The Washington Post: ‘Flushable’ wipes might need to meet a new standard for D.C. toilets
Dec. 08 Original Source: Washington Post Pre-moistened personal wipes labeled as “flushable” — popular with potty-training toddlers and other consumers […]
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The Washington Examiner: Why is the DC Council trying to flush freedom down the toilet?
Dec. 07 Original Source: Washington Examiner “Banning flushable wipes won’t eliminate the demand for moist bottom cleansers. Instead, some wipers will […]
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Politico: Flushable wipes bill drawing industry opposition
Dec. 05 Original Source: Politico A bill before the City Council that would put restrictions the use of flushable wipes is […]
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WAMU 88.5: Fighting the wrong enemy?
Dec. 05 Original Source: WAMU 88.5 Listen Here. Dave Rousse says he wants D.C. Water to work with his industry to […]
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The Tammy Bruce Show: New Government Target: Flushable Wipes
Nov. 15 Original source: The Tammy Bruce Show By Shifra on November 15, 2016 So glad that all problems in D.C. have been […]
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American Council on Science and Health: Hopefully, Common Sense Wipes Away NYC Sanitary Wipe Bill
Oct. 17 Original source: The American Council on Science and Health By Erik Lief — October 17, 2016 A quick perusal […]
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Fiber Journal: Dispersible Decisions
Oct. 16 Original source: Fiber Journal (Published October 16, 2016) Some 1,335,000 tons of nonwoven fabric will be consumed by the […]
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Nonwovens Industry: Industry Continues Efforts To Keep Wipes Out of the Toilet
Jun. 23 Original source: Nonwovens Industry By Karen McIntyre, editor | June 23, 2016 At the World of Wipes Conference last […]
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Crain’s New York: Sewer politics: Council bill blames wrong product for clogging treatment plants
Apr. 14 Original source: Crain’s New York By Dave Rousse Paper towels. Baby wipes. Even dental floss. These products are just […]
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Flushable Wipes Industry: We are not causing sewage problem
Mar. 11 Flushable Wipes Industry: We are not causing sewage problem By Gloria Pazmino03/11/2016 01:28 PM EDTUpdated 03/11/2016 02:40 PM EDT Flushable […]
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Environmental Protection: The Flushed Wipes Issue Clarified
Aug. 11 Original source: Environmental Protection The Flushed Wipes Issue ClarifiedBy Dave RousseAug 11, 2015 There has been a lot of […]
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SEWER POLITICS: COUNCIL BILL BLAMES WRONG PRODUCT FOR CLOGGING TREATMENT PLANTS
Apr. 14 Original source. By Dave Rousse Paper towels. Baby wipes. Even dental floss. These products are just a very […]
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HOPEFULLY, COMMON SENSE WIPES AWAY NYC SANITARY WIPE BILL
Oct. 17 Original source. By Erik Lief A quick perusal of the New York City Council calendar shows that a […]
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MAIN REASON INTRO 666-A WON’T FIX OUR SEWERS
Nov. 01 Legislation such as Intro 666-A in New York City will have very serious damaging consequences on small businesses. […]
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D.C. COUNCIL RUSHING TO PASS UNENFORCEABLE LAW
Nov. 04 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE D.C. Council Rushing to Pass Unenforceable Law Banning Flushable Wipes Without Necessary ResearchCouncilmember Mary Cheh […]
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COMMITTEE PRINTED BILL
Nov. 07 Committee Print, B21-833Committee on Transportation and the EnvironmentNovember 7, 2016 A BILL IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT […]
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WIPE TIMES OP-ED
Nov. 14 By Dave Rousse The D.C. Council wants to police your bathroom. Will you let it? On Tuesday, the […]
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DC FLUSHABILITY BILL LETTER TO THE RECORD 11-3
Nov. 14 featured […]
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WET WIPES INDUSTRY ASKS CONGRESS TO FLUSH D.C. EFFORT TO SET STANDARDS FOR BATHROOM WIPES
Jun. 20 Original Source: WAMU 88.5 Marijuana. Guns. Assisted suicide. Those are all issues that have prompted Congress to try and […]
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UPDATED FLUSHABILITY GUIDELINES TO HELP CONSUMERS, MUNICIPALITIES
May. 31 Read More about Guidelines for Assessing the Flushability of Disposable Nonwoven Products Ed 4 […]
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Responsible Flushing Alliance Established as Independent Non-profit to Help Reduce Possible Damage to Nation’s Sewage Systems
(SEATTLE, WA) — To address the need for long-term solutions to the problems in our nation’s wastewater systems, the Responsible Flushing […]
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Responsible Flushing Alliance Forms
Non-profit organization focused on public education to promote smart flushing habits To address the need for long-term solutions to the […]
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EU nations adopt industry guidelines on flushability
Key provisions of GD4 have been adopted by Belgian and Spanish authorities. The fourth new edition requires that non-flushable wipes […]
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