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[DanBC]

They're definitely not flushable in the UK. Please don't flush them if you're in England.

Sewage systems are not garbage disposal. They're an important public health system to remove faecally contaminated waste away for treatment.

There are tests for "flushable", and paper stemmed cotton buds don't pass those tests.

https://www.water.org.uk/policy/environment/waste-and-wastew...

Here's a PDF of a protocol. https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web...

[scrollaway → DanBC]

Thanks for the info! That's all interesting. I'm not in the UK, no; I recall similar warnings there when I was.