A huge mass of used wet wipes has formed an 'island' that has changed the course of (the Thames)

[Emrys]

7. What a puzzlingly patronizing and unhelpful post.

I use biodegradeable wet wipes. They are indeed basically paper and water.

Against seemingly all the odds, the manufacturers have come up with a formulation that does what it says on the pack - wet wipes that are functional at the point of need, and are then biodegradeable and flushable without lasting ill effects on the environment. They stay intact in the pack until after I've used them, then they disperse visibly in the bowl in a way that doesn't clog our septic tank, and hence presumably are more sewer-friendly.

In an astounding further advance of science, some manufacturers have also come up with tea bags that don't disintegrate in the cup or tea pot without the need for the addition of nanoplastics that will probably endure until the human race is run or thereabouts.

It's not rocket science.