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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsApparently many people are stocking up on toilet paper. I'm concerned (I live in an apartment)
that some people might be using substitutes for TP such as kleenex, paper towels, or napkins.
Can the plumbing handle that, though? That is the question.
I definitely don't think plumbing could handle newspaper or magazines torn up, etc.
Any plumbers here? Can you help out?
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Reuse plastic trash bags, if you can
I learned that this week
Cirque du So-What
(26,026 posts)Not even Kleenex or paper towels or napkins. Theyre made to remain intact for awhile when wet. Theyll clog your plumbing sure as...well, you know...
pwb
(11,308 posts)You can always do as the Romans did and use a sponge or rag and rinse. Very old but mothers do it everyday.
intrepidity
(7,356 posts)Kaleva
(36,395 posts)nilram
(2,894 posts)And even Italy isn't prohibiting people from going to the grocery.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)pantry is loaded, stores should have the opportunity to re-stock and continue business as normal. The current problem is just that everyone went shopping for the same items at the same time. There will be a saturation point where demand/supply evens out again.
nilram
(2,894 posts)For a respiratory virus that doesn't often cause diarrhea. Bizarre.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)and TP is something you don't want to run out of. Most of the substitutes for it aren't good for the plumbing.
It's not so much about the symptoms of CV, but more the idea of not being able to get out to shop if self-isolating.
Stay well!
nilram
(2,894 posts)could drop something by. Sure, make sure you're stocked up, but the vast quantities people are buying? pfft
Kaleva
(36,395 posts)kairos12
(12,896 posts)zackymilly
(2,375 posts)SmartVoter22
(639 posts)I am old enough ( 60+) to know what cloth diapers were, and how they were used and cleaned.
They were mainly for babies, but that simple knowledge can easily be applied today, if paper products, are suddenly not available.
If you had to, how would you adapt or do you already know what to do?
I guess the point here is...
Can you make a (sterilizing) cleaning solution and pre-treat cloth, that has had feces or other contagions, as part of your daily and/or laundry routine?
PS: I guess a pandemic brings out some pretty odd situations for people. I found this one pretty funny and enlightening that I do know what to do.