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I'll admit to flushing tea leaves, left-over bits and pieces from Cup Noddles, and occasionally cherry seeds. I've always been kinda lazy when it comes to removing the tea leaves from my mug and it's much easier to fill it with water and dump the leaves into the toilet. What objects do you flush down the toilet regularly that aren't meant for toilets?
Just out of curiousity...why are you doing your dishes in the bathroom? Wouldn't the garbage disposal or kitchen sink be a better location for your food waste?
I don't put anything down the toilet except wastewater and paper that will dissolve. Flushing food items down the toilet sounds like a recipe for an incredibly smelly back-up.
I wring the water out of tea leaves and coffee grounds before throwing them away with the rest of the garbage.
Dead bug or few hairs from my hair brush, spoiled fluids like soup or milk but never solid or greasy food. Nothing else. Clogged drain pipes could damage the sewer system, cause sewer backups in your home and costly repairs.
Plus, anything not designed to be flushed can play hell with sewer treatment plants. Biggest offender right now are the "flushable" baby wipes. Turns out they aren't and can clog treatment plant intakes or pumps.
Feminine hygiene products can also be problematic. And condoms, but not so much. They're more of a problem in septic systems.
Even paper towels can clog up your household plumbing.
I don't put anything down the toilet except wastewater and paper that will dissolve. Flushing food items down the toilet sounds like a recipe for an incredibly smelly back-up.
What food items could possibly smell worse than urine and feces?
i do dump my macaws water into the toilet every morning, he dunks his food so its usually bits of soggy mushy mess floating...
but i dont flush the toilet unless its also being used otherwise...i mean its just water and the remains od soggy bird pellets so its no big deal if it sits. bugs, especially the odd tick are also destined for the potty, otherwise i try not to send anythign down the toilet or sink, were on city sewer, but still toilets waste sooo much water.
in terms of wanting to compost you could make a mini trash can composter for your patio or deck (or fireescape) if you have one that would happily accept those tealeaves and bits of ramen noodles ect.
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