PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 31, 2020
According to Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection, “unlike toilet paper, products such as baby wipes, tissues, and paper towels do not break down. When flushed into the public sewer system, they often clump together, causing very large obstructions in sewer lines. They get tangled in pump stations, requiring repair of equipment and causing backups and discharges of raw sewage into basements of homes and businesses, and into waters of the state.”