...to think you should be able to leave a dirty nappy in a bin in a baby changing room?

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Just wondering if anyone else is coming across this more often? I've been to two recently where there's a sign asking if dirty nappies can be taken away/home/elsewhere etc as it is causing a smell. I can see where they're coming from in one way but the last one was in a walk in centre?! I'm not sure all the ill people would have been happy if I'd put the dirty nappy in my changing bag and sat for an hour in the waiting room stinking the place out?!

Can I just say I'm not funny about bodily functions and I'm happy (ok bit of an extreme word ha!) to sort out my own childrens nappies etc etc same as if they'd made a mess/ vomited etc etc i would clean up/sort it out. All I was pointing out is that it's never been a problem up until recently as most baby changing have nappy bins designed just for that!
If this is how most places are going to do things now then fine but I do think this will just make people dump the nappies in the nearest outdoor bin which will stink other places out. If I was out for the day, hot day if we're lucky!, I wouldn't want to carry around a dirty nappy regardless of wether I'd scraped as much of the excess poo off.
I suppose the places who provide these baby changing facilities need to think about the effect...ie a church hall then yes you can take it home after if you're heading straight home. A theme park...I'd think most people would just put them in the outdoor bins causing problems outside therefore not solving the problem.

Of course not everyone's going to take the dirty nappies home.

If you're not going straight back home - say you're out for the day, or most of the day - it's impractical and unhygenic to be carrying a dirty nappy around in a changing bag / handbag / coat pocket or whatever.

Agree, purplestorm. It's one thing for a bin to be a bit smelly, but what about the tube carriage/bus/shopping centre if all parents of young children are carrying used nappies around?

I agree. What's the point of changing rooms if you can't dump the waste? These places should think about whether they can maintain the changing room with the extra added costs of disposing clinical waste before kitting out the toilets with their swanky changing tables.

I guess it's down to cost.
It disposing of used nappies costs too much, we either take them home, or they shut the changing room, and we have to use the loo.
Personally, I've prefer to keep using a changing room, even if I have to put the nappy back in the changing bag and take it away myself.

Ah, the people I know (specifically DB and SIL) who think nappies only smell inside a nappy bag must be doing it wrong, then.

Unfortunately their DD uses the kind of poo that skinks to high heaven even when you carry it around with you.

Obviously the other kind would be better not left in a bin and carried around for everyone to enjoy.