to 1 wt preferably 0 5 to 1 wt based on the fabric to increase the strength optionally a binder is present in an amount of 0 01 to 5 wt preferably 0 1 to 0 5 wt based on the fabric preferably in form of an acrylic resin or epichlorohydrin based resin such as polyamide polyamine epichlorohydrin resins or polyamide epichlorohydrin resins other examples for suited binders are polyethylenimine resins and aminoplast resins any type of pulps are suited especially softwood pulps hardwood pulps or a pulp made from plants like abaca or bamboo the dispersible nonwoven fabric according to the invention has a wet tensile strength in machine direction of 2 to 20 n 5 cm preferably 3 to 13 n 5 cm and most preferably 3 to 7 n 5 cm based on a basis weight of 60 g m2 and in cross direction 1 to 10 n 5 cm preferably 1 to 7 n 5 cm and most preferably 1 to 3 n 5 cm the wet tensile strength has been measured according to the edana method wsp 110 4 09 u201c standard test method for breaking force and elongation of nonwoven materials strip method u201d one standardized test method for testing the properties of disposable wipes is known from u201c edana guidance document for assessing the flushability of nonwoven consumer products u201d this test is used to assess the dispersibility or physical breakup of a flushable product during its transport through household and.