article_snippet: Years into the future, if historians look back at our convenience-obsessed era and pick one single product to sum up all of its follies, historians look back at our convenience-obsessed era and pick one single product to sum up all of its follies will surely choose the disposable wet wipe.
article_snippet: Wet wipes have grown in popularity - from kitchen and toilet wipes to moistened towelettes for keyboards .
article_snippet: Over the past few years, our love affair with wet wipes has grown.
article_snippet: If there’s a part of our body or house that might harbour dirt, our’ll happily buy a wipe marketed specifically to sweep it away at the flick of a wrist.
article_snippet: Kitchen wipes, toilet wipes, face wipes, hand wipes, keyboard wipes, antibacterial wipes, baby wipes .
article_snippet: In the UK, our use on average between 1,500 and 2,250 baby wipes per child, from the day 1,500 and 2,250 baby wipes per child are born until 1,500 and 2,250 baby wipes per child reach three, according to the market analysts Euromonitor.
article_snippet: Our spend more than £500 million a year on wipes of all kinds, be they budget kitchen-cleaning ones that crowd pound-store shelves, or deluxe products such as l’Occitane en Provence’s citrus-scented ‘refreshing towelettes’ costing £7 a pack
article_snippet: Thames Water said wet wipes were a major cause — because of the way they clog together with fat, grease and oil .
article_snippet: The problem is that the wipes are not simply a dampened form of paper towel.
article_snippet: flushable’ wet wipes make no difference, says Thames Water.
article_snippet: What is certain is that wet wipes containing this chemical are still readily available.
article_snippet: In the meantime, Thames Water offers an alternative — Freshu, a foaming gel designed to be applied to standard loo paper, as a DIY sewer-friendly wet wipe.
article_snippet: As study after study has shown, the safest and most effective answer to dangerous dirt is simple soap and water.
highlights_snippet: Love affair with wipes has grown recently - from kitchen to keyboard wipes .
  