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Stinking wheelie bin - what is a childminder to do?

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gardenpixies32 · 15/07/2011 09:24

Not a nice topic but I need some tips, if anyone has any.

I have up to 5 children a week in nappies so naturally there are a lot of soiled nappies to change. Our wheelie bin stinks! I wont go into detail but it is so bad that I dread opening it to put anything inside. I change all nappies with disposible gloves, so when I am done changing a nappy, I pull the glove over the nappy and tie a knot in it. Even though you dont have to, I chose to use gloves as sometimes I change 3 nappies one after the other and it saves having to wash my hands 3 times in a row. Each time I change a nappy I use a new pair of gloves. Anyway, I phoned the council to ask it there was some sort of nappy bin type thing, they said no. Our bins are only empties once a fortnight, so you can imagine...sometimes there are as many as 10 dirty nappies a day! I hate to admit it but we now have maggots in our wheelie bin!

What do you childminders do?

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bibbitybobbityhat · 15/07/2011 09:44

Can you not put a flushable liner in the nappy and flush the poo away?

dmo · 15/07/2011 09:44

my dh goes mad about this subject

i know put all nappies in nappy bags and put the nappy bags into a carrier bag at the end of the day i pop the carrier full of nappies into the bin

every 2 weeks when bins are collected i power wash bin and add some nice smelling liquid

this works in the winter but come summer the heat makes our bin smell worst

were lucky (i guess) as we dont have our bin on our property it stays outside our garden gate in a alley

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gardenpixies32 · 15/07/2011 09:42

Thanks for tips. I may have to visit the tip weekly, it is so nasty! They are double wrapped ie: 2 gloves and sealed with a knot! But maybe bagging them is a good idea. Luckily we do have a wheelie bin cleaner who disinfects and washes out the bin each fortnight.

Yuck!

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BoysAreLikeDogs · 15/07/2011 09:36

I put my soiled nappies in a separate small bin and take them out at the end of each day to the garage and black bag them (we don't have wheelie bins here). However we have weekly collections and thus no maggot probs

I think you need to think about doing something similar and also can you take a bag of soiled nappies to your local tip in between collections?

Your bin will need disinfecting too

Would you consider bagging the nappy after gloving it, as an extra barrier to flies?

I feel v sorry for you x

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