Disposing of sanitary products when staying at someone else's home.

People that live in flats tend to have the much larger wheelie bins like supermarkets/ offices use , so we would have to go down several floors and ( usually) across a carpark to dispose of them.

I honestly don't see the issue with putting them in the bathroom bin but if there isn't one then I guess they'd have yo go in the kitchen bin ( well wrapped of course)

Thank you - I have been checked out and all is "fine". This is a very important point though, I would urge anyone with a heavy flow to consult their GP, likewise if things change for no obvious reason.

I believe that the OP is saying there is NO BATHROOM BIN, which is why she is seeking advice

If you’re embarrassed or not comfortable, wrap the items well and dispose of them in a public bin.

I have had countless friends come to stay when they had their heavy periods and they just dispose of sanitary products in the bathroom bin. I don’t expect anyone to bring along bags and discreetly put it in the wheelie bin outside. It’s just a period, I don’t care.

It might be a good thing to consult your GP. Heavy flow, even for a short time, can mean problems. It could also lead to anaemia. Mild anaemia untreated can lead to more serious conditions.

I do not mean to be insulting, just experience tells me this.

Your reference to chopping veg made it sound like you were referring to a kitchen bin.

You might think festering sanitary products don't smell. They do

I don't see how hard it is to say 'don't put anything in the bathroom bin you wouldn't want to be presented with by a stinky hound'... but then I have guests I can talk to, I am not entertaining royalty.

It's really not an issue day to day as I put such things in a baggy on the sill the dogs can't reach and then in the outside bin once a day but I've had dogs long enough to know that something like that in an accessible bin is a recipe for embarrassment and grossness!

Well no as we have a bathroom bin which doesn't smell anyway

I quite agree and not a bad idea to have some small bags for people to use.

Well you did say "If I had a guest, I would ask them not to put such things in our bathroom bin", which is quite an intrusive request and possibly embarrassing for some.

I have never owned a dog and never trained one, so I don't know how that would work. I do know that I've been in many houses with dogs and never been asked not to put used sanitary wear in the bin.

No I just ask that its only wrappers etc goes in there, why would I need to ask if they've got their period?

We have the bin we have because I can access it and change it myself, when we had a heavier bin with a lid I couldn't do it (disabled) and that meant leaving it to DP along with a billionty other jobs.

It wasn't an issue when we had a swing door but we have a pocket door now and they can nose the bugger open, it only locks from the inside.

In 30 years of dog training I've yet to find a way to train dogs not to do something highly tempting when a human isn't present - but as you know better do explain how (without the use of aversives). The first step is management, preventing the unwanted behaviour from being practiced... whats next?

Please don’t flush tampons. It’s not ok and it hasn’t been ok for years. Absolutely years ago (several decades +) there was some messaging that they were flushable - but that’s been changed for ages now.

I did exactly the same on a recent visit to the US but for incontinence issues not periods. Fortunately I did not have a need to change them but I did experience a slight problem when going through security. Any each check in, the X-ray machine flagged up a suspicious object on my body and I had to stand there to be checked over with the wand. The second time this happened I ( and everyone else in the queue) could see my x ray image and there was a glowing red patch in my crotch area which I can only assume was due to the bulky pad in my period pants! Very embarrassing!

I'm another one voting for the heavy flow period pants. My period has always been wildly heavy and leaks even when I use a combination of super plus extra tampons and extra large heavy flow pads. Maybe TMI (but this is a thread about periods!) but a coughing or sneezing fit, or suddenly standing up after sitting for a while can cause a flood-like situation that bypasses my tampon or ejects it altogether. The Cheeky pants have protection all the way up the back and front, I have never experienced a leak when using them and if combined with tampons I only have to change twice a day.
If I am at someone's house I always take little bags (nappy bags work), seal up the used period products and pop them in my handbag for disposal at home. If I knew the person well I would probably pop the bag in their kitchen bin - if they don't like it they might get the hint about putting a bin in their bathroom!
I had to have a little chat with my boyfriend about bin provisions when I started staying there

Why not? I put nappies in the kitchen bin and they smell far worse!

Please don’t flush tampons.

also shampoo bottles etc should go in recycling.

and why are you sticking your hand in to separate rubbish??

Do you ask your female guests if they are having their period so you can warn them not to use the bathroom bin for fear of the dogs pulling them out? How embarrassing for guests if that happened. Maybe you could put a sign in the loo.
Wouldn’t it be better to train your dog not to rummage down the bins, or use bins dogs can’t get into?

Please do not flush tampons or any sanitary products. Drainage engineer here.

80% of blocked sewers are caused by sewer abuse. This is sewer abuse.

I'd... ask the host what they'd prefer I do with it, quietly obviously, not over Sunday dinner..

If I had a guest, I would ask them not to put such things in our bathroom bin because the dogs WILL go in there and raid it if they do - but bag up and stuff in the outside bin is fine, bag up and keep in their room til they feel like going to the outside bin is fine. Even bagged up (we have poo bags) in the kitchen bin is fine as it's not where the dogs can get it and I do not go through our bins, I just pull the top edges of the bag together, lift it out and tie a knot then into the outside bin.

My mother refused to have a bathroom bin and I grew up smuggling wrapped products in my pockets into a kitchen bin. Cue ‘what’s that?’🙄. I get it!
I use a cup these days which mostly does the trick but I would do what others have suggested and pack a roll of dog poo bags, wrap pads securely and throw them away privately. If I were afraid of leaking I might also pack a towel to sleep in.

What else is the bin for? How weird!

Our council won't take black bags in a bin. They said it could have an animal body in it! Don't blame me.

This thread reminds me how much Mirena changed my life! All that shit is so damn stressful.

Since hitting peri my periods have been heavy and leaking / flooding has been a regular feature. I’ve stopped using tampons and have started wearing incontinence pants during the day and / or in bed. You can just about roll them up into a nappy bag and then bin. I hate it but it’s about the only thing that makes me feel relatively secure - particularly on MIL’s cream leather sofa!