another new born question - nappy disposal

xyz123

hi

what do people do with dirty nappies? i looked into nappy disposal system but those seem quite expensive. are there any solutions other than simply chucking it in the normal bin! are there any specialist nappy bins that take normal bags?

i am probably not even making sense after few sleepless nights!

mwa

Most people I know just use nappy bags, they are very cheap (tesco value less than 30p for 100 last time I looked) they are slightly scented so you just pop the dirty nappy in and tie the top, that way you can chuck them in the kitchen bin. Please please please keep them away from the baby though as they can cause suffocation if a baby gets hold of one x

Gillybean103

You are making sense don't worry. We got a tommee tippee nappy bin but only for convenience really, but when that's full they just go in the normal bin

lovecake

I got a coupon in one of my Bounty packs for a half price Angelcare nappy bin from Argos. I think it might have been in the actual Bounty Magazine. I only picked it up last week so the offer is still running. It was only £7.49 and the bags it comes with should last for a month's worth of nappies. I figured that we'll probably use it until the nappies get less frequent at least and then we might not bother buying more refils and just use the kitchen bin instead...

lovecake

Oh, here is the offer online actually - you just click the link and download the coupon:

http://angelcareuk.co.uk/argos

notanewuser

Check that your local authority doesn't recycle them. You usually have to register and they'll give you different bags for them. They convert them into biofuel.

lovecake

T&Cs say the offer is valid till 20th July 2013.

HTH

notanewuser

My SIL has 2 under 2 so lots of nappies. She bags them and chucks them out the kitchen door. My BIL goes out late at night and picks them all up and puts them in the outside bin! :rotfl:

rpc

Initially, we just used nappy sacks, but didn't find they hid the smell sometimes. Some stinky poos had to go straight to the wheely bin.

Once we had three kids in nappies, we got two Tommee Tippee bins. You can usually find them on offer somewhere and we stock up on the cassettes when they are cheap. It doesn't work out as terribly expensive, although it is a luxury that you could do without if money is very tight. We do find that they keep the smell in far better and are more convenient.

lovecake

That's what I was thinking rpc - the convenience thing will be a big plus for me for super smelly poos. If they had to go straight in the wheelie bin I'd need to go out of our flat, up the stairs, out the back door of the building, down the stairs to the communal garden and right to the back of the garden where the bin store is and I couldn't really be bothered with that everytime there was a particularly stinky one! Smells travel easily through our flat too as all the rooms are off the main hallway.

mumonashoestring

For smell containment purposes the 'proper' nappy bins definitely win! It doesn't have to cost a bomb if, as rpc says, you stock up on the cartridges when they're on offer. You can also buy the cheap own brand nappy bags for the majority of changes and just use the nappy bin for stinkers

Is there anyone (friends or family) who's likely to want to buy things for the baby? Maybe ask for a nappy bin and a few refills?