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

aliasojo

blossomhill wrote: »

It doesn't matter if he thinks its ok or not - if you have asked him to stop he should respect that and stop.

To be fair, the situation only just cropped up this afternoon when he mentioned someone had put *something* (personal) in the bin.

I said I thought he shouldn't have been on the bin in the first place and that way he'd have been none the wiser, which is why the conversation came about. He was surprised I thought it was wrong to go through the bin, as it's not as if it's a stranger's bin.

He now knows I (and daughter) are not too happy and I now know I'm not as extreme in my feelings as he thinks I am.

I'm sure the 2 bin scenario will solve the situation for everyone.

aliasojo

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

ugh seriously would people put those things in a communal bin to lie and fester for god knows how long surely they should be disposed of either down the loo or straight into an outside bin :eek:

If you think I'm going downstairs and outside at 3am in the morning to put a tampon in the outside bin, you're daft.

It goes in a wee nappy sack, tied and put into the bathroom bin (which has a bin liner and a lid). Where it would stay quite happily and unobtrusively until the next day when the bathroom got cleaned. As long as OH is not on the prowl first that is. :rotfl:

You're not supposed to flush them down the loo, although I always did until the drains blocked. I now wrap and bin.

Brighton_belle

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

ugh seriously would people put those things in a communal bin to lie and fester for god knows how long surely they should be disposed of either down the loo or straight into an outside bin :eek:

Putting sanitary wear down the loo is, I discovered in recent years, not a good idea - it clogs up the drains and causes loads of problems. Saw a programe on the work of drains/sewage people who were staggered these get put down the loo as it caused so many problems and couldn't understand why women did it, to which I shouted at the telly, 'because in this counry we have never been taught otherwise',lol.
I now use paper bags and into a bathroom bin and don't find anything festers. Bin emptied at end of the day on 'those days'.

rachbc

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

ugh seriously would people put those things in a communal bin to lie and fester for god knows how long surely they should be disposed of either down the loo or straight into an outside bin :eek:

Seriously - I thought everyone knew you shouldn't flush sanitary products??

And they don't fester- bathroom bin gets emptied at least once a week, more often if needed

londonsurrey

I have two little bins in the bathroom, one for recycling and the other for the rest. If you run out of floor space, one possible solution is to have two small identical bins, and put the one for general waste on top of the one for recycling. After all, the one for recycling will contain only "dry" items, and the top one can be simply lifted off for access to the bottom one.

peaceandfreedom

aliasojo wrote: »

Would you rake through the bathroom bin to look for anything worth recycling or would you deem the bathroom bin to be out of bounds for raking through, simply because of the type of personal or unhygenic items that may be in there.

I wouldn't rake through the bathroom bin but when I go to empty it, if I spot a shampoo bottle or the cardboard inner of a loo roll, I will put it into the recycling box instead.

I do the same with the kitchen bin and with individual bins in the kids' bedrooms. There is a small recycling box on the landing but of course laziness dictates that most stuff gets chucked in the nearest bin (if indeed it makes it as far as a bin).

I wouldn't go rummaging in bins as such, I recycle as much as possible but there are limits.

thegirlintheattic

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

ugh seriously would people put those things in a communal bin to lie and fester for god knows how long surely they should be disposed of either down the loo or straight into an outside bin :eek:

You should be emptying bins quite often imho. You shouldn't put condoms, pads and tampons in the loo as it causes blockages, and I for one and not walking down the end of the garden to the outside bin at 1am in the morning!

Spendless

I thought this was going to be about a heavy piece of gold jewellery dropped by accident in the bathroom bin that was going to be sold for scrap and then I could see why someone would want to rake through a bin of undesirables when I realised it wasn't then urrgghhh no chance the odd bottle/can or whatever it was can go to landfill .

pimento

I would never out a used towel or tampon into the bathroom bin, even if it were in a nappy sack. It would have to go straight out into the non recyclables wheelie. I only empty my bathroom bin once a week and it usually contains Q-tips and toilet roll middles. Floss gets flushed.

aliasojo

pimento wrote: »

I would never out a used towel or tampon into the bathroom bin, even if it were in a nappy sack. It would have to go straight out into the non recyclables wheelie.

Now I know we are all different but that just seems so anal to me. :rotfl: