I’ve had a couple of people tell me that *some *systems can’t handle it. I have yet to see any evidence that this is a universal problem. I live in a relatively new building in a big city. I have even toured a waste treatment center here, and I’ve *never *heard that flushing tampons is a problem where I live. I even just did a Google search for a couple of sets of terms that could turn up some info relevant to me, and the closest I came was something about tampon applicators, which are *not *supposed to be flushed and I never do.
If *your sytem *can’t handle flushing tampons, which are at least *in theory *designed to be flushed, it’s *your job *to communicate that to people who use *your *system. It’s no more inconvenient for you to do so than it is for millions of women to dispose of bodily fluids–wastes that are potentially a biohazard–in open trash receptacles and/or carry them around, when there’s potentially no need to do so. And, like I’ve said repeatedly, I have no problem disposing of my tampons in the trash if you explicitly tell me it’s a problem for that area.
If flushing tampons were really as universally destructive as you’re claiming, I have no doubt that their manufacturers would have been forced to stop claiming them as flushable years ago.
Like Magiver, I’m going to guess that you’re also male. Same question: If you’re going to take a really big shit, do you do it in the trash can?
Yeah, you and fifty other people who’ve threatened the same and never followed through. Yawn.