Single use products, such as cleaning wipes, baby wipes, and makeup wipes, are common goods and often marketed as flushable — but they're not. Instead of breaking down, they collect fats, oils and grease, clogging pumps, causing backups, equipment failures, and system overflows. Non-flushable wipes cost utilities $441 million a year but can do over $1 billion dollars in damage. The bipartisan Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act, supported by manufacturers, environmental groups, and the water industry, creates a simple solution to this problem: it requires prominent “Do Not Flush” labels on packages of non-flushable wipes.
The House passed a version of this bill earlier this year, but the Senate passed a different version, so now the House needs to pass it again. Tell leadership to bring S. 1092 to the floor so we can pass the WIPPES Act today!
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