down the drain

[Gerianne]

we take for granted what we throw down our drains, especially in the bathroom.
There are things we should throw in a trashcan instead.
We plug up our sewage system with the choices we make.
The sewage system we use and are familiar with is thousands of years old.

[mrsmere]

People need to be careful about throwing things down the drain.  I don't like it when my family visit and take the strainers out of the sinks and wash food down the drain.  Put it in the trash please.

[amyDAST]

When I lived with my grandmother growing up for a bit of time she installed in me that no matter what the toilet paper says about septic tanks it never goes down the toilet, toilets are only for human waste. A small step open trash can that is lined daily with a trash bag & of course taken out daily gives piece of mind on the septic system & of course your own lawn. My grandma raised three kids on her own & bought her house with no help from the family. She takes extra measures to take care of her home both inside & out.

[oldbuddy]

When I lived with my grandmother growing up for a bit of time she installed in me that no matter what the toilet paper says about septic tanks it never goes down the toilet, toilets are only for human waste. A small step open trash can that is lined daily with a trash bag & of course taken out daily gives piece of mind on the septic system & of course your own lawn. My grandma raised three kids on her own & bought her house with no help from the family. She takes extra measures to take care of her home both inside & out.

Kudo's for your Grandmother! Stick close to her and you will have a better life, guaranteed.

[jkhanson]

Even though we have a garbage disposal in our kitchen sink which is designed to take food scraps (ground up via the disposal), I prefer to toss my peelings in the garbage.  I don't have a garden to put the scraps in for composting.

[snuggleycutejc]

There are signs here that states, please think about our rivers before throwing away. Now they say don't pour the cooking oil down the drain or even use the garbage service too. We have throw away stations here and they are free. I started a garden for a compost pile I bought the worms because natural worms didn't come and get it. 

[JaniceSW]

A good point to make here is that the wet wipes which have become so popular (I admit I like them too) should not be flushed into the sewage system.  Even though they state that they are "disposable" or "flushable," I have read that they are becoming a problem.  If you use these on yourself or even a baby, please do not put into the sewage system.  Throw them away in your garbage.  By the way, we need to go back to using and washing cloth diapers rather than disposable ones.  We need to think about what is happening to our environment with all these "conveniences."

[debidoo]

Yes and in the ground otherwise.  I lived next door to a fernery and saw the workers pouring out God knows what in the ground out of buckets.  I would say idiots but they just don't care and that is the problem.

[mrisha]

I always pay attention as to what is going down my drain.  If the wrong thing goes down, I have find a plumber to clean the gunk out of my drain and paying money to clean it out.

[candyterrius]

We never toss toilet paper in the toilet after use. It goes straight in the trash bin. It is emptied on a daily basis when we take out the trash.

[makeblessed]

So true, the sink in our kitchen is also a dish disposal and the hubby just stuffs things down there to the max! now it is broken and we will probably need to have the whole think replaced; I told him just keep the strainer in, and place in the trash can! It would be ok, but he just over loads the sink , he tried to fix made it worst now we need a plumber!

[dsosnowski06]

My husband worked as a stationary engineer and part of job was cleaning out the drains so I knew better than to throw stuff down the drain so I would hear about.  Always kept the strainer in place and always scraped the plates off in the trash.  Also have a plastic drainer cleaner to remove the hair in the shower and tub and never used anything like Liquid plumber.  He said it rots the pipes. 

[gaylasue]

I am very careful what goes down our drains because we are not on a sewer system.  We have a septic tank.

[dancer139]

we have a garbage disposer in the kitchen so we are good,,,  but no greasy oil goes down the drain.  we do watch what goes down the toilet lol  as it can clog really easy.  I always make them flush every time the toilet is used LOL

[mrisha]

I never throw stuff down the drain.  Stupidity like that is costly.