Cotton-bud beach.

[Country lover]

Yes I agree that education is the key. When we do beach cleans in Cumbria cotton buds are No1 on our list too, second comes plastic drinks bottles.

I just can't image where people learn to flush everything down the loo, don't they have a waste bin in the bathroom?

Alternatively people should have to place filters on their sewage outlets and be forced to clean it themselves when they bung it up with non-degradable items .. that would make people stop and think what they are flushing down the loo.

[Hobjob]

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

On a Greek island on holiday, as I once recall, even loo paper had to be placed in a separate bin.

But that has to do with the narrow inadequate drains that will other wise block ............

[Paul mabbott]

Originally Posted by Hobjob

But that has to do with the narrow inadequate drains that will other wise block ............

I could never see how faeces would go down the 'narrow pipes' but pieces of toilet paper wouldn't. I ignored the injunction and never had a blocked pipe! I think this has become a habit with Greeks - their plumbing has improved but they can't adjust!

[Country lover]

Would you rather have used loo paper degrading in land fill or swim among it in the sea?