Always use your best judgment when washing things down a drain. Avoid flushing fatty, oily, greasy or sticky substances that might clog your service line.

Here is a list of things you should avoid washing down your drain, sink, or toilet. Everything here has  reportedly been found in municipal sewer systems at one point or another!

• Air Fresheners
• Automobile Fluids
• Automobile Parts
• Bacon Grease
• Bandages
• Batteries
• Bones
• Books
• Bread Dough
• Building Supplies
• Butter
• Cake Frosting
• Candles
• Cement
• Cell Phones
• Cheese
• Cigarettes
• Cigarette Butts
• Cleaning Supplies
• Clothing
• Coffee Filters
• Coffee Grounds
• Compact Discs
• Cosmetics
• Cotton Balls
• Cotton Swabs
• Condoms
• Cooking Oil
• Diapers
• Deceased Pets
• Dental Appliances
• Dental Floss
• Egg Shells
• Eyeglasses
• Facial Tissue
• Fat, Oil, or Grease
• Fertilizer
• Fruit
• Food Solids
• Glue
• Gravy
• Hair or Fur
• Hair Brushes
• Houseplants
• Insects
• Jewelry
• Keys
• Kitchen Grease
• Lard
• Mayonnaise
• Meat Drippings
• Medicine
• Metal Objects
• Money
• Oatmeal
• Paint
• Paper
• Paper Towels
• Perfume
• Pesticides
• Plastic
• Poison
• Powders
• Putties
• Rags
• Rocks
• Rubber Bands
• Salad Dressing
• Sanitary Pads
• Solvents
• Sour Cream
• Sponges
• Styrofoam
• Syringes
• Tampons
• Teeth
• Toothbrushes
• Toothpaste
• Toys
• Vegetables
• Wet Wipes
• Yard Debris