The Rules of the Loo
What you flush: the 3 P’s and that’s all – pee, poo and paper. NOT including: wet wipes of any variety, nappy liners, cotton buds, unwanted tablets and in fact anything else you thought was flushable but wasn’t pee, poo or paper.
Down the Drain
Down the sink? Don’t let oil, grease or fat go down your drain, especially not if it melted in hot water because it will quickly unmelt and block your drain, or worse, combine with the wet wipes to create a fatberg or wet wipe reef in the Thames. Nor should you tip away anything down your sink with the “Hazardous to Aquatic Life” warning.
Microplastics
Synthetic clothes that you wash in your washing machine shed microfibres. In fact all clothing materials shed microfibres, but microplastics never break down and end up turning the oceans into a microplastic bouillabaisse. Try washing them less, or just not buying synthetic fibres anymore if the garment needs washing.
