2006-10-18 03:58:58 · 16 answers · asked by chris 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I have public water & sewer (not septic).
Also...trying to quit so that's why I don't have ash trays and don't want to thow in the trash (and then smell later).
2006-10-18 04:09:09 · update #1
Just throw them in the garbage. Or quit smoking.
2006-10-18 04:00:54 · answer #1 · answered by Joe Somebody 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
where i am from we use a holding tank then a leeching field.
I'd be more worried about the field after say 20 smokes a day times maybe 10 years or more
dump them on the street let them go to into storm drain the city will clean them for you :Ã
just kidding- put them in the trash then spray a deodorant
2006-10-18 19:57:33 · answer #2 · answered by Specialist Ed :Þ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. It's hard telling what's going on further down in the pipes. A bend from settling, tree roots, etc can cause a snag that may build a massive clog from your 1-2 ciggy butts each day. TP and Poo are the only "solids" you should be sending down that drain!
2006-10-18 11:03:04 · answer #3 · answered by just_Fia 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you're on a septic system' it certainly will plug up the drain holes in the field pipes. The tobacco and paper will degrade, but the filters won't, and that's what causes the problems.
2006-10-18 11:05:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Septic System Yes. city sanitary sewer no.
2006-10-18 11:05:47 · answer #5 · answered by bob r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that depends on your plumbing. remember, it takes alot less time for refuse to break down than it does a cigarette butt (1 or 2). If the butt gets caught in an elbow pipe, it could catch the next as well and take years for it to breka down and pass.
2006-10-18 11:01:27 · answer #6 · answered by The Indigo Cobra 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, but you do have alternates for this, including going outside when you smoke, and making your own butt receptacle using a bucket and sand.
2006-10-18 12:54:06 · answer #7 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The toilet is not a trash can. Please do
not throw anything down that didn't come
from you. I work in a wastewater plant and
you wouldn't believe what we get down here.
It won't hurt your pipes, but it makes our
job alot harder. Get a butt can or throw in
trash. Thank you from your unseen, but
greatly needed and under appreciated
sewage workers.
2006-10-18 17:49:50 · answer #8 · answered by jay b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The butts will swell up the size of your thumb and cause problems. I learned from expereince
2006-10-18 11:01:05 · answer #9 · answered by bor_rabnud 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not for regualr city water sewer; private sewar; could cause problems.
2006-10-18 11:00:29 · answer #10 · answered by lusaisthebest 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋