️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️  New York City has spent $18 million in five years unclogging 'flushable' wet wipes from the sewer system. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ But the city's waste management directors have told the New York Times: that is not the case. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ When the wipes twist into a knot and mix with grease or oil, they are'really indestructible,' deputy commissioner Vincent Sapienza of the Department of Environmental Protection said. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> Dave Rousse, president of the wipes trade group, insisted to the Times that users are not flushing the products properly.<unk> Dave Rousse, president of the wipes trade group, insisted to the Times that users are not flushing the products properly. Outrage: New York City's water waste management has spent $18 million on wet wipes in five years. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ If so, under a new bill, the manufacturers would be ordered to remove the term 'flushable' from its packaging. If so, under a new bill, the manufacturers would be ordered to remove the term 'flushable' from its packaging.
Wet wipes increasingly popular in New York, many branded as flushable.<unk> Wet wipes increasingly popular in New York, many branded as flushable. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> City has spent more than $ 18m extracting wipes from pipes since 2010.<unk> City has spent more than $ 18m extracting wipes from pipes since 2010.