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Toilets are not trash cans! In fact, you should not throw anything down the toilet, except toilet paper. And especially not the all-too-popular wipes that clog sewers, cause equipment breakdowns and cause wastewater to spill into our rivers, as reported The Press.
Or la marque Cottonelle vient de lancer au Québec des lingettes prétendument biodégradables et jetables dans les toilettes. C’est faux : les lingettes provoquent des problèmes majeurs, comme on a pu le découvrir en réalisant notre mandat de detection of pollution sources in the Rivière du Nord for the City of Saint-Jérôme.
So beware of so-called plumbers who claim these wipes are biodegradable and who pass on the bill and the challenge of cleaning wastewater treatment systems to others.
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André is general manager and spokesperson at Fondation Rivières. A seasoned communicator, he is interested in digital transformation and innovation within organizations.
