Why you shouldn't flush cotton buds down the loo

City to Sea founder Natalie Fee goes to visit Wessex Water sewage treatment plant to see what happens when people flush cotton buds.

We’re literally flushing the health of the oceans down the pan. By campaigning on ‘unflushables’ we are helping to connect our actions to our oceans, from bog to beach!

Here in the UK, millions of people are flushing single-use plastic down the toilet in the form of wipes, menstrual products and other bathroom products like cotton buds and tooth-floss. All this extra waste is blocking our sewers and causing fat-bergs and blockages which are quite literally flooding our riverbanks and coastlines with pollution.

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