Spain aims to ban flushing of wet wipes, with manufacturers paying for cleanup

daniel_callahan@jlai.lu · 2 个月前

xylol@leminal.space · 2 个月前

How do you make a wet wipe dissolve when its wet without dissolving when its wet

faintwhenfree@lemmus.org · 2 个月前

I understand it’s “wet” from some alcohol/aldehydes and not from water.

Wolf314159@startrek.website · 2 个月前

Who is out there wiping their ass with %100 ethanol?

Blackmist@feddit.uk · 2 个月前

Gets it fucking clean, I’ll tell you that.

Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world · 2 个月前

You light the ethanol and it burns off all the shit.

ohshit604@sh.itjust.works · 2 个月前

I prefer acetone and a map-gas torch.

Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 个月前

Right? I use Goo B Gone

massacre@lemmy.world · 2 个月前

Got that mud butt?

Ledericas@lemm.ee · 2 个月前

someone with 6inch thick skin.

MisterFrog@lemmy.world · 2 个月前

Because ethanol forms an azeotrope with water, 100% ethanol is also considerably more expensive than ~95%

They’re definitely not gonna use 100% ethanol haha

FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world · 2 个月前

Chip clean room workers stealing stuff from the job rather than buy tp?

Lumiluz@slrpnk.net · 2 个月前

Would at least leave it super clean lmao

sigezayaq@startrek.website · edit-2 2 个月前

I’m looking at a package of wet wipes right now and it says “99% water” on them

faintwhenfree@lemmus.org · 2 个月前

Maybe my understanding is wrong, and I don’t use wet wipes that often, but the ones I have I bought like a year ago 60% ethanol v/v.

sigezayaq@startrek.website · 2 个月前

I see, maybe there are different types then. Mine are for an actual baby.

faintwhenfree@lemmus.org · 2 个月前

Ok, so I checked a superstore near me, and my updated understanding is

anything disinfecting is alcohol based be it for skin or for for objects,
things designed for cleaning skin or to be “refreshing/fragrant” are mostly water based.
However there are skin cleaning products that are marketed more towards deep clean or dirt/oil/grease etc are almost always alcohol based.
cleaning objects intended wet wipes also mostly alcohol based. But if marketed as “gentle” could be water based.

So baby wipes being meant to clean skin and be “gentle”, it makes sense that they are water based.

hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 2 个月前

elucubra@sopuli.xyz · 2 个月前

They are different kind of wet, obviously