ASHEVILLE, N.C. — At a public housing complex, volunteers knock on apartment doors offering assistance with an activity most of us take for granted. They carry 5-gallon buckets of water to flush the ...

Flushable wipes stick to pipes and don’t dissolve like toilet paper, creating buildup that leads to serious blockages. Flushing tampons, meds, or even small toys can swell or tangle in your plumbing, ...

In a world where convenience often trumps common sense, the toilet has somehow become the unsuspecting hero—or rather, victim—of our trashy tendencies. Despite plumbing systems being explicitly ...