To wonder if you really flush the poo?

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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.

Using washables so I flush, although the cat litter goes in the bin so not claiming any moral high ground. I change dd downstairs so actually do run through the house with a pooey nappy fairly often! Jealous of everyone who gets lovely ploppy solid poo!

I'm quite glad she wasn't just winding me up.

Use disposables and always flush the poo. I thought that's what everyone did!

Erm disposables so poo stays in nappy into a nappy bag, but ds dosnt ever have solid poos they are always runny.

I always flush the poo now - but I didn't with my older son whose poos were usually very soft and squidgy.

My finest moment came when my toddler followed my into the loo and, as I plopped the poo and turned away to put the nappy into a nappy bag, he fished it out again and held it aloft. Rather proudly, I must say. That was nice.

I always take the poo out of a disposable nappy and put it in the loo. It is gross to put a massive poo in the bin imo.

It is illegal to put human poo in the bin but I would think impossible to enforce.

I used to, unless it was so guechy it wouldn't release itself...

Only because I didn't want my wheelie bin to smell of poo though....

Didn't even think of this!

We use disposables and bin the poo. But our changing table is in the bathroom which is a long way from the toilet, so I would have to walk through the house with poo in order to flush it.

Plus 95% of the time DS has very soft poos so it wouldn't be possible anyway.

We use nappy sacks to stop the bin smelling too much

Oh and our wheelie bins our emptied daily so there's no build up of the poo for everyone else in our building

Always flush, unless it's runny or the mustard smears of a newborn.

it is not illegal to put dirty nappies in the bin and I didnt flush the poo when my 2 were in disposables. The nappy was wrapped up and fastened with the tabs during the nappy change and no way was I going to go to the bathroom and open it up again!

think I did if it was solid but not runny in a disposable nappy and when they were in pull ups.

lovely conversation

from a few council sites:

Clinical waste consists wholly or partly of human tissue, blood or other bodily fluid, drugs or pharmaceutical products such as epi-pens, syringes, needles or other sharp objects.

Incontinence pads and babies nappies are not classed as clinical waste and should be wrapped and disposed of in the green wheeled bin.

Under current rules, chidren and adult disposable nappies (non infectious) can be placed in your wheeled bin or purple sack to go to landfill.

Are nappies or sanitary towels classed as 'clinical waste'?

No, not unless there is a serious infection present.

Nappies, incontinence pads and stoma bags are not classed as clinical waste. You can place these items in your normal household rubbish.