Throwaway cloths cost millions
Disposable cleaning cloths cost some €55m in blocked drains a year, according to waste water umbrella group Rioned.
Some 90% of water boards have had to cope with pumps that are clogged up with the cloths while 300,000 households have had to call in plumbers to unblock drains, Rioned says.
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