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Imagine this. I spread a lump of chocolate on your arm. What would you do to be absolutely sure there is no trace of it left on your arm?

Scrub it off with a piece of paper or wash it off with water?

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Most cleaning jobs use wet towels and I think a wet washcloth would be the best solution here too. This eventually brought me to wet wipes.

Wet wipes, no matter how much the manufacturer claims, are not flushable. They don't break down in water like toilet paper (why would they? defeats their purpose), and clog sewage lines like a mofo. Even if they don't affects the lines in your property, they very likely gather somewhere downstream. The alternative is throwing them in some kind of receptacle, which I understand is acceptable in some countries anyway due to poor sewage infrastructure.

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