Page 10 | Do you have a bin?

mumofoneAloneandwell · 2026-05-17T20:10:23+00:00

Apparently noone in Essex has a bin?! (TOWIE) Its unhygienic - which actually i do get, but i need my bin. I have one in each room 😭 (Edited quickly, a kitchen bin)

Ihatemondays1962 · 17/05/2026 21:51

Kitchen bin and bathroom bin only. Its seems odd not to have a bin in the bathroom.

Happytaytos · 17/05/2026 21:51

"Alright Dave and Sharon, just dropping my tampon off outside"

Can you imagine how awkward that is as a visitor.

TeaPot496 · 17/05/2026 21:51

Happytaytos · 17/05/2026 21:47

How many bin trips must people make in a day? I'd get bored of going outside. What about when it's pissing down?

No bathroom bin is gross, what do you do with tampons?

We empty our dry non recycling kitchen bin once ever 2 weeks or so.

Nobody has tampons, but if guests do they would wrap in tissue and put in kitchen cupboard bin. This gets taken to the outside bin often.

TotalBaloney · 17/05/2026 21:49

CurdinHenry · 17/05/2026 21:47

No they go in the outside bin obviously

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So if you had guests you’d expect them to carry their sanitary products to the outside bin?

TeaPot496 · 17/05/2026 21:48

OriginalPedant · 17/05/2026 21:15

Ae have a kitchen bin that is concealed in a cupboard. That’s the only one. No bathroom bins in any of the bathrooms.

Same.

Happytaytos · 17/05/2026 21:48

Pp with the bin bag in the flat, that's the same as having a bin.

CurdinHenry · 17/05/2026 21:47

Flamingojune · 17/05/2026 21:42

So you walk around the house with used san pro?

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No they go in the outside bin obviously

Happytaytos · 17/05/2026 21:47

How many bin trips must people make in a day? I'd get bored of going outside. What about when it's pissing down?

No bathroom bin is gross, what do you do with tampons?

We empty our dry non recycling kitchen bin once ever 2 weeks or so.

abitdodgy · 17/05/2026 21:43

@Supersimkin7So where does the bin bag go during the day if there’s no bin - does it just hang somewhere?

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 17/05/2026 21:43

gottakeeponmoving · 17/05/2026 21:40

No bins for me. I put rubbish straight outside. But I do have a reason.
Growing up in the 70's my parents had a big Addis plastic flip flap kind of bin in the kitchen which was always lined with a black bin bag. My mum kept the bin clean and emptied it when it was full but more often than not the lid was off for cleaning. You couldn't avoid seeing inside it and I can't get past the sight and smell of food slop mingled in with fag ends from the ashtrays which were emptied in it in the evening. Eugh😧

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One awful awful day, i'd left rice in the bin. I left the lid open, the kitchen window open and went out all day

Came home to m**gots and flies - from ONE day of having the window open!

Now i do empty the bin if there's food in it, promptly

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Flamingojune · 17/05/2026 21:42

CurdinHenry · 17/05/2026 21:38

My mum finds indoor bins kind of disgusting and so we just always took things straight outside

I have a kitchen bin but I share the bathroom bin disgust a bit

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So you walk around the house with used san pro?

cinnamonmilkandhoney · 17/05/2026 21:41

Yep. Kitchen bin, food waste bin, bathroom bin and a tiny one under my dressing table

Flamingojune · 17/05/2026 21:41

mumofoneAloneandwell · 17/05/2026 21:40

We do have them but that for me is unhygienic! I dont know how 😄 but to just have your food rotting all together is gross

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Thats the point

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 17/05/2026 21:40

TotalBaloney · 17/05/2026 21:40

We don’t have a food waste bin so it all goes in the main bin.
I know all councils are supposed to have introduced them by now but ours hasn’t!

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We do have them but that for me is unhygienic! I dont know how 😄 but to just have your food rotting all together is gross

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TotalBaloney · 17/05/2026 21:40

mumofoneAloneandwell · 17/05/2026 21:39

What about your food waste? 👀

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We don’t have a food waste bin so it all goes in the main bin.
I know all councils are supposed to have introduced them by now but ours hasn’t!

gottakeeponmoving · 17/05/2026 21:40

No bins for me. I put rubbish straight outside. But I do have a reason.
Growing up in the 70's my parents had a big Addis plastic flip flap kind of bin in the kitchen which was always lined with a black bin bag. My mum kept the bin clean and emptied it when it was full but more often than not the lid was off for cleaning. You couldn't avoid seeing inside it and I can't get past the sight and smell of food slop mingled in with fag ends from the ashtrays which were emptied in it in the evening. Eugh😧

TotalBaloney · 17/05/2026 21:39

Yes, I have a kitchen bin and a bin in each bathroom. Those who don’t have bathroom bins, what are the women in the house or any guests supposed to do with sanitary products?

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 17/05/2026 21:39

Supersimkin7 · 17/05/2026 21:37

No bins. Anywhere in flat.

Bin bag in kitchen goes out to communal recycling daily.

Saves housework. Miles quicker, more space, you get used to the efficiency very quickly.

What about your food waste? 👀

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Tshirtking · 17/05/2026 21:38

If you have no bin in the bathroom what do you do with period products?

Hotsaucenoketchup · 17/05/2026 21:38

Bin in every room - absolutely essential in my opinion.

plus all the recycling going outside in the shed in the various boxes.

CurdinHenry · 17/05/2026 21:38

Xiaoxiong · 17/05/2026 21:19

I have so many questions! If no bathroom bin, where do you put used cotton pads, hair that's been cleared off a hairbrush, cotton buds, sheet masks, sanpro, makeup wipes, contact lenses, blister packs of medication, the bits of plastic from a plaster...?

When you were growing up you didn't have a kitchen bin? Did your kitchen open onto a garden or patio where your bin was? I grew up in flats so the idea of not having an indoor bin is confusing - our bins were tiny (carrier bag sized) and we'd take the rubbish out every evening, but still, we had bins.

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My mum finds indoor bins kind of disgusting and so we just always took things straight outside

I have a kitchen bin but I share the bathroom bin disgust a bit

Supersimkin7 · 17/05/2026 21:37

No bins. Anywhere in flat.

Bin bag in kitchen goes out to communal recycling daily.

Saves housework. Miles quicker, more space, you get used to the efficiency very quickly.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 17/05/2026 21:31

I feel like Lauren Goodger doesnt want food rotting in the bin over night 🤷‍♀️

I empty mine like once every two days a day 😬

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suki1964 · 17/05/2026 21:27

In the kitchen under the sink, we dont have food waste - cat, dog, hens and compost sort that

On septic tank so bathroom bins are a must

Have a waste paper bin next to dressing table for wipes, tissues etc

in the living room - the stove - and if that's not lit, chucked in the coal bucket

FruAashild · 17/05/2026 21:22

Big bin in the kitchen (plus recycling options nearby) then small bins in the bathroom. Never understand why people don't have bathroom bins, where are pads and tampons supposed to go? My Mum has wastepaper bins in every room but I never bother, you can easily carry some paper to another room