2007-01-01 16:44:21 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
ABSOLUTELY NOT. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES.
Whether you are on city sewer or septic system is inconsequential. National Codes for Plumbing only require a 1-1/2" sewer line from a toilet. A tampon can swell to 3-1/2" in diameter when fully submerged in water.
Secondly, tampons are NOT bio-degradable. So, what happens at the treatment plant (end of city sewer lines) or in your septic system is the same. THEY MUST BE REMOVED MANUALLY.
PLEASE, DO NOT FLUSH TAMPONS.
2007-01-01 18:36:32 · answer #1 · answered by James H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever been by a city sewage facility? Some have huge circular ponds with a big "boom" that skims the surface of the liquid. All the solids and "other things" settle to the bottom. I had the dubious honor of making repairs on one of these units. Obviously the pond had to be drained. What was left after all was rinsed out? Condoms, swizzlesticks, and you guessed it TAMPONS!!!!!!! Oh and I also have done septic tank work, including pumping. Unless you have some sort of restriction in the line feeding the tank, the tampon will flow freely into the tank. It does not float, so it will settle to the bottom of the tank. Eventually at some point in time it will have to be pumped out.
2007-01-01 21:22:44 · answer #2 · answered by william v 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the "correct" answer to this one, but here are some things to think about.....
1. Your pipes and plumbing system
2. The environment
3. I once read a book... an autobiography of a girl who was date raped and got aids from it.... It was her diary almost and she writes about being at the movies, not knowing what to do with her tampon... should she wrap it and put it in the bin.... or flush it....
I still haven't figured out what's the best solution..... flushed in our sewer system and eventually either into a water treatment plant or a river or wherever.... or the dump.... which in some places, they have started to build parcs and condos on top of....
Guess it's just a personal decision.....
2007-01-01 16:52:12 · answer #3 · answered by The ReDesign Diva 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
before you flush a tampon take a tampon and stick it in a BIG bowl of water and watch what happens this should make up your mind for you...
2007-01-01 23:01:02 · answer #4 · answered by drain-king 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Got to go w/ drain king.
Previous owner of house used to flush tampons.
Have no basement & had to have slab broken up to clear blockage ( poor drain line did'nt help).
Caused backup into house.
.Plumber s/ he removed a 15 foot streamer of tampon material which caused problem.
2007-01-02 03:35:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can flush a tampon but not the applicator unless it is cardboard.
2007-01-01 16:52:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you're anxious to try out your new auger and plunger, sure. Wrap it in about ten feet of toilet paper, with a few paper towels on top, for good measure. Oh, and you'll be able to try out your new mop and bucket too! Only three things belong in a toilet -urine, feces, and toilet paper -a few feet of it at a time. Sometimes I dump leftover vegetable soup down the toilet too, but hold off on the bacon grease. Tampons, dirty diapers, and anything else belong in a garbage bag.
2007-01-01 16:54:34 · answer #7 · answered by BuddyL 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No you cannot flush the tampon. It will expand into the pipe and clog the toilet.
2007-01-01 16:48:35 · answer #8 · answered by kj 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
They say you can flush them but believe you can't. I did that once and it cost $75 to have the septic cleaned. So please don't do it.
2007-01-01 16:50:33 · answer #9 · answered by lynnie 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. Are you daft? or blond? aren't they designed to expand with moisture, and constructed in tons of layers?
2007-01-01 17:00:24 · answer #10 · answered by joloinaz 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋