Difference of opinion re bathroom waste recycling. What's yours?

aliasojo

Ms_Chocaholic wrote: »

I don't have a bathroom bin?

Why is that a question? Don't you know whether you have a bin or not? :D

nearlyrich

We don't have a bin in our bathroom but we did have one in the bathroom the kids used when they lived here with a liner. Everyone trained to recycle cardboard and empty bottles and flush tissues ?? why would you put a tissue in a bathroom bin?? I can understand the OP's daughter being mortified at her dad rummaging and I'm sure the second bin idea will work better.

Humphrey10

nearlyrich wrote: »

why would you put a tissue in a bathroom bin??

I read somewhere that they don't break up in water like toilet paper does, so shouldn't be flushed down a toilet. So I put them in a bin instead.

Wilma33

You should never put toddler wipes, make-up wipes, tampons, sanitary towels, nappies, condoms, kitchen roll, cotton buds, dental floss or "flushable" nappy liners down your toilet.

Whilst on the subject of sewers(!) you should never put cooking fat or oil down the sink either.

pinkladyof66

Humphrey10 wrote: »

I read somewhere that they don't break up in water like toilet paper does, so shouldn't be flushed down a toilet. So I put them in a bin instead.

Kitchen roll is a non goer too down the toilet

chocdonuty

shirlgirl2004 wrote: »

May I ask why you wouldn't just buy a mooncup for your daughter? I plan to get one for my daughter when she's old enough to need one. Is there a recommendation that says young girls shouldn't use them?

tbh I don't think there is, but until she starts I have no idea what she'd prefer, plus the mooncup takes a little while to get used to so until then she will still be using pads ect. I'll prob get one anyway so it's there if she wants it, it lasts a long time!

peaceandfreedom

Wilma33 wrote: »

You should never put toddler wipes, make-up wipes, tampons, sanitary towels, nappies, condoms, kitchen roll, cotton buds, dental floss or "flushable" nappy liners down your toilet.

Whilst on the subject of sewers(!) you should never put cooking fat or oil down the sink either.

The only thing that goes down our toilets (apart from bodily excretions) is toilet roll. And we don't use 'strong' toilet roll (such as Charmin/Cushelle) because of its pipe-blocking tendencies.

Perhaps people who don't have bathroom bins just assume everyone will chuck their sanitary waste down the toilet but this has always been a complete no-no, from when I was a teenager at home to now, with teenagers of my own. Hence the inconvenience when in other people's bathrooms.

Possibly, this comes from always living in a house with a septic tank - you really can't chuck all and sundry down the toilet. As others have pointed out, for those on mains drainage there are environmental considerations.

lostinrates

Well....

We have a bathroom bin and bedroom bins. I put sanitary waste in my bedroom bin and empty daily when required. My wheelie bin is about fifty metres from my back door, so not heading out there every four hours! My bathroom bin receives non recylables only and is emptied as required. Cardboard inners are chucked into a store room for seed sowing, and plastic bottles without their lids into plastic bags to be emtied into the new plastic recyling wheely...which is a wonderful thing, love it!

We don't produce much bathroom waste tbh, and i am always a bit iffy about changing the bin. I do not want bins festering with yuck inthem and getting pongy, but neither do i want to overuse plastic bin bags.

LittleMissAspie

I'm all for being eco friendly but rummaging through the bins just in case someone forgot to recycle something? No way, has he nothing better to do?

My mum taught me to rip sanitary towels in half and flush them down the loo, I only stopped doing that when I was an adult. Now I wrap them in loo roll and put them in the bathroom bin - the people saying they put them straight in the outside bin have obviously never lived anywhere that you need to walk halfway down the road to get to their bin area! And as for having no bathroom bin, well I would be really embarassed to be at someone else's house and have to ask where to put my loo-roll-wrapped sanitary package!

puddy

poet123 wrote: »

I would have thought that tampons and their applicators could be made such that they dissolve though wouldn't you? Much like toilet roll? Obviously, I would never put an ST down the loo, but tbh, I never even thought about tampons:o I thought everyone flushed them....

i do, ive been told time and time again on this site not to, but i still do. im not putting stuff in a bag and then in the bin, it sound revolting to me. my hands get all bloody anyway so it would be everywhere. ive never blocked any drains and shred up towels on the very rare occasions i use them

cant remember the last time i read the outside of a tampax packet anyway