They are flushable. Although, they do recommend that you only flush 1 or 2 wipes at a time and only use in well-maintained sewer systems. Something else to think about is how large your compost bin is, and if it can handle the number of baby wipes you plan to use in a day.

Surfactants help get your baby’s bottom clean, especially after a big poop. The key for surfactants is they remove the oily part of your baby’s poop without removing the good stuff on their skin. Since then, brands such as DUDEs have been conceived and their humourous marketing and great products have made them an industry leader in flushable wipes.These wipes are specifically marketed at women. They are alcohol and paraben-free so there should be no allergic reaction whatsoever. The following formaldehyde releasing preservatives used to be common in baby wipes, but aren’t listed as ingredients on the recommended wipes below (at the time of writing): Anytime a product gets the Made Safe certification, I find it fairly easy to put it at the top of my list (see: my best organic kids mattress article, which is filled with Made Safe brands at the top!). Healthy Nest is not only Made Safe certified, it also gets a verified status from the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Database. For the humble consumer, as our research shows, flushable claims are confusing. Manufacturers are trumpeting words like "dispersible" and "biodegradable", while the water industry urges the public to keep all wipes out of the pipes.

Surfactants like coco-glucoside (used by Eco Pea) or lauryl glucoside (used by MadeOf and Natracare) have a 1/10 rating by EWG’s Skin Deep Safety Rating System (1/10 is the best). These wipes are again marketed towards women but there is no reason that they could not be used by the entire family. They are infused with botanical extracts such as aloe, camellia sinensis leaf extracts, and grapefruit extract. It’s hard to believe that baby wipes would contain toxic chemicals, but such is the case with so many modern products. FragrancesAlthough these are marketed towards little ones that are potty training, it appears that they are used by many adults too. Pros If this is less of a consideration for you, the following companies use varying materials in their base sheets, or don’t specifically disclose as far as I’ve been able to tell. This likely means they use varying quantities of polyethylene and/or polyester and/or wood pulp in their base sheets: