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To wonder if you really flush the poo?

90 replies

IneedAsockamnesty · 19/12/2012 00:07

I have recently been informed that apparently if you use disposable nappies then before you chuck them in the bin you are supposed to put any solid poo down the loo and flush it away.

I didn't know this because I've never used disposables.

Lots of people have asked me or told me if/ that dealing with reusable ones is gross because of having to get rid of the poo, I'm guessing this means they don't flush it and just wrap and bin.

So do you flush the poo then bin the nappy,or just bin.

I know I'm bu to ask but I really want to know.

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Jojobells1986 · 19/12/2012 07:10

It's never occurred to me to flush a disposable poo! Ever since DS was able to hold his own head we've held him over the toilet at most changes so we'll often not have to deal with any dirty nappies! Grin

sleepywombat · 19/12/2012 07:14

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whomovedmychocolate · 19/12/2012 07:19
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GColdtimer · 19/12/2012 07:20

Of course, why wouldn't you? Otherwise you have a bin full of poo and on two week bin collections that is grim.

FivesGoldNorks · 19/12/2012 07:21

No, bin here. How do you do it when out and aboit? Always feel inferior on these threads

FivesGoldNorks · 19/12/2012 07:22

Twofalls, even if I'd flushed the "solids" there would have been plenty of poo residue left! In fact my dcs poo has always seemed quite soft so squished everywhere inside a nappy

poshfrock · 19/12/2012 07:25

Why on earth would anyone put human faeces in their bin ? Of course you flush it. I worked as a carer in a home for the elderly as a student and many residents wore nappy pads. You ALWAYS flushed the poo. What's the difference? I am really shocked that there are people out there who have human waste in bins in their homes.

mummybare · 19/12/2012 07:28

I have genuinely never thought to do that. Mind you, DD's only had solid poos for a month or so.

We do have a nappy bin, though. When I had forgotten to order new refill cassettes and we were using the bin for a week or so, it STANK, even when I bagged them.

FivesGoldNorks · 19/12/2012 07:29

But even if I had flushed there still would have been plenty in the nappy.

RubyGates · 19/12/2012 07:32

Flushable liner, plop and flush here (at least when DS2 was in nappies)
Why would you want pooh in your bin? Eeeeeew.

GreenyEyes · 19/12/2012 07:33

Wrapped and binned here. Big wheely bin full of poo.

I now consider myself lucky that I wasn't arrested, interrogated and ass slung in jail by the Nappy Poo Police. Phew!

RubyGates · 19/12/2012 07:34

Pressed to soon!
We had te flushable liners because we usually used washables. So I still put one in any disposables we used for just this reason. Yuk.

GreenyEyes · 19/12/2012 07:35

Small human poo in the bin doesn't bother me at all. Dog or cat poo makes me go

Fakebook · 19/12/2012 07:36

This is one of those things you only hear on MN. Never known anyone to do this in real life. I highly doubt it's illegal not to do it. Like the bin man is really going to open a nappy and check its poo content before taking it away.

FivesGoldNorks · 19/12/2012 07:37

Yes, surely people with dogs also have bins full of poo?

poshfrock · 19/12/2012 07:38

ruby exactly! Flushable liners ( for both reusable and disposable nappies). Works for runny and solid. I thought everyone did this. According to my local council website clinical waste is defined as " any waste that poses a threat of infection to humans" and includes "excretions". I'd say that includes poo. So if you do dispose of your nappy solids in this way then they need treating as clinical waste and you should be requesting a clinical waste collection from your council. Much easier to flush I think!

CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz · 19/12/2012 07:43

I have always flushed the poo, but I guess that stems from my less lazy days when I used proper, old fashioned terry nappies with DD (before the advent of the nicely shaped ones)

I may have used disposables with the 3 DS's, but I still flush the poo, I guess it was just what I'm used to. And why would you want to leave poo hanging around in your bin?

FivesGoldNorks · 19/12/2012 07:45

But surely for wet nappies (the majority) its a waste of a liner.
And does dog poo not count? And I literally could not get all the poo out of a nappy. My children were faitrly old before they had totally solid poo

OutragedAtThePriceOfFreddos · 19/12/2012 07:55

I'd flush the poo when they were older and it was easy to, but I didn't worry about it if I couldn't be bothered.

NagooHoHoHo · 19/12/2012 08:00

Baby Goo is two and I'd still be scraping hers Xmas Envy so no.

Jojobells1986 · 19/12/2012 08:02

Urine would surely also be classed as clinical waste, as would used plasters. Just saying! Wink

PartridgeInARustyBearTree · 19/12/2012 08:05

Poshfrock - apparently poo is not clinical waste and can be put in any normal litter bin. Or so Wokingham Borough Council assured us after they removed all the dog poo bins from the parks.

What worries me most about this thread is that DS and DD are 24 and 22 and I actually can't remember what I did with their poo...

mummysmellsofsick · 19/12/2012 08:13

I flush the poo but we are using reusables 99% of the time. I don't get why people don't care about what goes in landfill

BinksToEnlightenment · 19/12/2012 08:17

FLUSH!!

But no scraping. I tip it and leave the work to my good friend gravity.

EasilyBored · 19/12/2012 08:19

I dont flush. We have a nappy bin that creates a sealed sausage of nappies, that then goes in the outside bin. I've never heard of anyone flushing the contents of a disposablr nappy before.