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Environmental groups are demanding that the makers of wet wipes are banned from describing their products as "flushable". Matt Wheeldon, director of assets and compliance for Wessex Water said: “They do flush, they go round the U-bend - but people aren’t told what happens next, they are basically a nightmare.” They've written to the Advertising Standards Authority saying that wet wipes do not break down like conventional toilet paper after going down the U-bend. “They don’t behave like toilet tissue which disperses when flushed, they are meant to be wet, so when they get wetter not a lot’s going to happen and we end up with hundreds of thousands of blockages nationwide,” Matt added. This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Tuesday 20 September 2016.