Kim Leman/Consumer Reports: Although they say flushable, our disintegration tests show they don’t break down easily, which could pose problems with your plumbing or septic system.
Spokesperson for Kimberly-Clark Corporation, which owns Scott and Cottonelle, says “The Consumer Report article does not identify which test method was used to rate the various tissue products, and the story also indicates that further tested needs to be undertaken. There are industry-standard flushability test methods, which have been peer reviewed and accepted by both tissue manufacturers and public works authorities. Kimberly-Clark has performed extensive testing of our flushable wipes products using these methods and all our flushable wipes products pass the relevant tests.”