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- Why can't you throw toilet paper in toilet?
- Do people throw away toilet paper instead of flushing?
- Why can't you flush toilet paper in some countries?
- Is it better for the environment to throw toilet paper and tissues in the trash or in the toilet?
Why can't you throw toilet paper in toilet?
Not only is it wasteful, but also, using too much toilet paper can lead to major plumbing issues. Large wads of toilet paper are difficult to flush and can easily cause a clog in small pipes.
Do people throw away toilet paper instead of flushing?
There is a curious social convention in Mexico where used toilet paper is thrown into the wastebasket instead of flushed down the toilet, as it would be in the United States.
Why can't you flush toilet paper in some countries?
No one wants to be that person. And some countries do not have systems that can break down toilet paper easily, so it's customary not to flush.
Is it better for the environment to throw toilet paper and tissues in the trash or in the toilet?
On the other hand, in landfills, once the oxygen is gone, garbage-eating bacteria take over that don't require oxygen. But this process produces methane, which has about twenty times more global warming potential than carbon dioxide. So, from this perspective, it's clearly better to flush.
