The flushable pregnancy test

[jags8]

Jun 22, 2015 14:09:20 GMT -5 LovesMeSomeCake said:

Jun 20, 2015 14:08:48 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

The people who owned our house before us were chronic tampon flushers.

We learned this 3 weeks after we moved in, had a shit flood in the basement, and the plumber pulled a wad of tampons and tree roots roughly the size of a basketball out of our pipes

we had this happen but it was baby wipes from previous owners.  plumber kept telling my husband it was women and tampons, and side eyeing me, didn't apologize when it wasn't.  FU buddy.

The ass hole who came when I had a shit pond in my basement 3 days after we signed on it kept saying tampons. No, sorry dude, I had only been in there 3 days and no one was living there for almost a year prior. Three months later I had another shit pond, and again, he kept saying I had to pay full price if it was tampons. No, ass hole. Just friggin tree roots you missed the first time.

[wannabmama]

Jun 22, 2015 14:11:31 GMT -5 LovesMeSomeCake said:

Jun 20, 2015 12:41:08 GMT -5 @pineappleoranges said:

and in Mexico, several places didn't even want the TP flushed.  they had garbage cans.  so gross.  shudder.

This is pretty common all over the world actually...only a few places flush anything but what, er, comes out.

[adorebel]

Jun 22, 2015 14:14:45 GMT -5 @pineappleoranges said:

Jun 22, 2015 14:11:49 GMT -5 zombiesquad said:

I didn't read the whole article, but silly question here. Once you're finished with today's tests, could you take it apart, throw away the actual pee stick and recycle the rest? I realize it would take a lot of effort, but just curious from a sustainability standpoint.

Also, we had a bad experience with a house where the previous owner flushed too many sanitary products. The plumber had the pleasure of pulling them all out. I freaked out when DD flushed a small amount of paper towel. I prefer to just stick with toilet paper.

Depends on the area you like I don't see why not. The problem is plastic is deadly to our sea animals and if this was within the same price point and accurracy of traditional test I would switch.

zombiesquad, all plastics are numbered (1-6) and most recycling plants will tell you which types of plastics they accept. Many do not accept denser plastics at all, but you can look up which numbers your service will actually recycle. I would guess there is a very slim chance most would recycle the heavy-duty plastics on an HPT, plus the fact that urine-soaked material would be gross to separate from the case and is categorized as "hazardous waste." 

Sorry/embarrassed I missed this thread earlier! I think this test is super cool. As shadesofgold says, even if you didn't flush it, it would still be more biodegradable in the trash than plastic and/or digital ones. I feel like singingsea would be down to use these, right? 

[wowcheezits]

Jun 23, 2015 10:01:33 GMT -5 @pineappleoranges said:

Jun 20, 2015 14:01:29 GMT -5 wowcheezits said:

Not interested. Also, privacy at home is not an issue either.

For many people that's not always the case. I can imagine how many of my friends who had scares who would've loves something like this in high school.

Sorry, I meant pertaining to me privacy isn't an issue. But yes I can definitely see how privacy would be an issue for others.