They may be more convenient, but they're wreaking havoc on pipes and sewage pumps across the country, and right here in mid-Michigan.
"We're spending in the neighborhood of tens of thousands of dollars a year in addressing the issues that are caused by these wipes in our systems," describes Chad Gamble of Lansing's public works department.
The wipes are supposed to be biodegradable, but they aren't breaking apart in sewage systems like they're supposed to.
"If there are no cutters associated with some of the pumps, they simply start to roll in through the pumping mechanisms, and they bind up the pump and the pump fails, and you have to go out and take the pump apart, and pull all the material out of it and then put it back together again," explains Gamble.
That can cause serious backups, and in the case of Fraser last December, lead to even bigger problems.
There, pumps got backed up and collapsed, causing a massive sinkhole.
That's why mothers like Mackenzie Snyder say they've made the decision not to use flushable wipes.
"I'm sure it's probably more convenient," says Snyder, "especially cause I have a four year old who was just potty trained, and it'd just be easier to wipe them and throw it in there, but I still chose not to use them."
Other parents say they use the wipes because it's easier, but have had issues with backups in their own bathrooms.
Day cares say they just throw their wipes away, because they don't want to deal with the possibility of a clog.
Now, the city needs more people to think that way:
"We could suggest that as opposed to flushing them," advises Gamble, "you have a little trash can right beside your toilet, or your bathrooms, or your baby changing stations at home, to handle those wipes."
