Most of us believe that the sewage system (toilet, sink) is the second garbage bin in the house, which also allows you to quickly get rid of unnecessary things without an unpleasant odor and breeding mosquitoes. But does a selfish person care if the neighbors have problems with the drain.
We urge each of you to learn about the cultural management of household waste, which will make our lives more environmentally friendly, and also save money on the call of a plumber or a housing office worker, who may be so reluctant to get together for many days.
So, we present the TOP-10 items and things that should never fall into your sewer.
10. Hair
Many girls know that long hair on carpets is at least not aesthetically pleasing, and it’s also difficult to pull out with a vacuum cleaner. Therefore, they learned to comb over the sink, washing their hair down the drain. Unfortunately, few people thought of putting an iron grate that would accumulate clumps on themselves. Then it was possible to collect wet hairs after combing (which is very convenient) and throw them into the bin. But no, the strands are regularly washed off in the sink, wrapped around pipes and stuck in the sink. Over time, they form a real ball - a network for other washable objects and liquids. As a result, the process of decay begins, the stench appears from the sink, and the water leaves poorly, despite the active use of a plunger.
9. Various stickers with fruits, cans
Do you remember how hard these stickers from objects are sometimes torn off, and even leave a tight sticky trace that can only be removed with a solvent, fatty oil or an iron scraper. Do you think the stickers retain their sticky properties when they enter the sewers? Of course they are, thereby unevenly sticking to the drain pipes and delaying the waste passing by. Even it’s sometimes not so easy to throw them into the bin - once on the bag, the sticker randomly glues parts of it, and when you try to disconnect it, it tears it. Only one fruit sticker has such sticky power. Take care of your sewage system and do not rinse off sticky small things.
8. Rice and pasta
Why do you think a glass of dry cereal or pasta in a pan suddenly increases 2-3 times? The point is the water that dehydrated cereals actively absorb, increasing in volume. Imagine what will happen if such products fall into the sewer through which tens of liters of liquid pass daily? That's right, they organize a real tight blockage, which can be eliminated only by inviting a professional. Remember that the remnants of pasta and cereals have a dense structure, so they dissolve slowly. Do not throw the missing food into the toilet bowl and make sure to carefully rinse the finished cereals and pasta in the sink.
7. Construction waste
On the packaging, caring manufacturers indicate that it is necessary to dispose of the product in a household way through garbage containers. Regardless of the origin and consistency (crumbs, paste, sand, viscous liquid, etc.), building materials should not be washed into the sewer. Large pieces immediately form a strong blockage, which cannot be punched with a plunger, while small ones mix with hair and other household waste gradually, but surely. In addition, you do not know the chemical properties of many liquids and building elements, so you can not predict how they will ultimately affect the material of sewer pipes.
6. Egg shell
Some women believe that small particles of the shell will not get stuck in the pipe, they say, there is nothing to catch on, because their ends are quite sharp and clear. Here are just small pieces, thanks to the adhesive film, manage to stick together with each other and wrap tightly into shreds of hair already existing inside the pipes, “antennae” of corn, veins of raw meat, etc. If you decide to clean boiled eggs, then do it out of habit in sink, and immediately above the bin - and save time, and money to call the plumber.
5. Feminine hygiene products
How many times in public places we were left with a black and white note “Do not throw hygiene products into the toilet”. Caring people leave an alternative - a container or a bucket for garbage, which modern scattered girls simply do not notice. But they know better than others that tampons and pads are just designed to absorb excess moisture, increasing to a significant size. Even a small swab can swell heavily in water and leave a large plug and clog. And imagine how unpleasant it is for the ZhEK employees to later remove such “quirks”, and even used ones, from the sewage system. Shame, girls, shame!
4. Flour
A small excursion into chemistry. To obtain an analogue of construction paste, only 2 components are needed: water and ordinary wheat flour. So you washed away the remains of raw dough from your hands or poured dry flour from a plate into a sink, washing it with water. A quite ordinary reaction occurs, and the sticky paste settles on the pipe walls in a dense layer, and even as a “quagmire” delays other household items that are carried with the same water stream.
3. Cigarette butts
Men think that the thinnest paper of cigarettes instantly slides in water, and the tobacco at this moment crumbles and is washed off with tiny leaves. However, this version is erroneous. A cigarette filter is not a naturally soluble organic matter in water, but a synthetic material that absorbs moisture well and swells. In addition, it does not decompose at all, so only specialists can clean out cigarette butts from the sewer. Do not forget that the harmful compounds from the used cigarette (tar, nicotine, poisons, etc.) get into the water, making it toxic.
2. Medicines
And again, chemistry that can poison water. People sincerely believe that since tablets can be washed down with water, they dissolve perfectly in it, so rinsing them into the sewers is a good thing. However, sewage water is not a “vigorous" stomach hydrochloric acid, which processes even the most unique products and objects. Some drugs (especially those in capsules) are not able to dissolve in ordinary water, staying in it for a long time and gradually poisoning. Water filters cannot subsequently catch the smallest microorganisms (beneficial bacteria, etc.), as well as hormones, chemical sediments, etc. As a result, we get recycled "healing" water from all ailments.
1. Condoms
Who says latex can decompose in water? Why do you think that the used product, as if by magic, will resolve in the aquatic environment? Condoms do not dissolve in any way, stretch under the pressure of water, cling to the walls of the pipes and very quickly block their lumen. They are also capable of holding up some small debris like bags, forming a serious blockage. Imagine your awkwardness when a plumber will extract used condoms from your sewer.
We urge people to get rid of natural egoism, improve the culture of using things, learn new information. Do not forget to read the labels and study the properties of the materials before rashly sending them to the flush in the toilet or sink.