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Is this a thing now? Nappy poo in loo....

88 replies

Givemecoffeeplease · 03/12/2014 08:29

My eco friendly friend tips her DS's poos from the nappy down the loo. (She's not that eco friendly. They aren't real nappies.). Is there any reasoning behind this? She claims it is better for the environment but has no science to back it up. Would do it if I felt it was in any way environmental....

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skylark2 · 03/12/2014 08:31

It's been "a thing" since at least when my DD was a baby.

She's now at university.

PedlarsSpanner · 03/12/2014 08:33

Yes flush if possible

Not a new thing. Did this with my kids (now teens)

FrazzledFandango · 03/12/2014 08:34

It's not an Eco thing, it's a not stinking out your bin thing. It makes sense if you're near a toilet rather tgan have it fester in the bin.

crumblebumblebee · 03/12/2014 08:34

I did this but only because it makes the bin smell less rotten if the rubbish isn't being collected for a while.

RumoursOfAWhiteChristmas · 03/12/2014 08:34

I always do this, it just makes sense to me.

hoppus · 03/12/2014 08:34

I tip them down the loo purely because I don’t want it sitting in my wheelie bin for 2 weeks

MrsSchadenfreude · 03/12/2014 08:35

Umm... DD1 is 16 now, and I certainly used to tip her poo into the loo. Why would I want a bin full of turds?

KnackeredMuchly · 03/12/2014 08:35

I'm 30 and my parents knowing I was going to use disposables kept telling me how great it is amd that I should do it. Save having smelly nappies around.

Thanks, but no

barnet · 03/12/2014 08:36

A loo is for poo. That's what it's made for! Nicer than the poo sitting on the landfill site, with the piles of nappies being pecked at by seagulls....eeeeuuuuw.

Ifyourawizardwhydouwearglasses · 03/12/2014 08:37

I've got 2 children under 2 and I've NEVER heard of this, nor has it ever crossed my mind.

< starts totting up number of poos languishing in wheelie bin >

Ifyourawizardwhydouwearglasses · 03/12/2014 08:38

Also jealous at those with fortnightly bin collections. Our is every THREE weeks.

FrauHelgaMissMarpleandaChuckle · 03/12/2014 08:42

Yes. You're supposed to put human poo in the toilet. Always has been a "thing".

ZenNudist · 03/12/2014 08:42

If it's solid then it goes down the loo. If it's glued to the nappy then it all gets wrapped up , round here. Just saves having one more stinky nappy around.

Dawndonnaagain · 03/12/2014 08:42

My oldest is almost 30. We emptied his disposables (when we used them) down the loo. Definitely not new.

Dumbledoresgirl · 03/12/2014 08:45

My oldest is at university. I always did it if it was possible.

AStudentAgain · 03/12/2014 08:48

Of course it is an Eco thing! Poos are perfectly biodegradable, plastic nappies are not! So when you wrap a poo in a plastic nappy that poo is not allowed to degrade in the same way, and you are essentially doubling the landfill.

marnia68 · 03/12/2014 08:48

as others have said not new.I think it is something about not creating methane in landfill.

306235388 · 03/12/2014 08:49

I did this - kids nearly 8 and 4

AStudentAgain · 03/12/2014 08:49

I am, really, people say reusable nappies are disgusting, but at least I don't have poos festering in bins in my house!

elQuintoConyo · 03/12/2014 08:50

Poo down the loo here. DS is 3. And our bins are emptied every night Grin

chemenger · 03/12/2014 08:50

dd is 17, always flushed poo. Why would you put shit in the bin? Sewage works contain and process poo so that it is environmentally safe (surely you have seen the Auntie Mabel episode at the sewage works) ie no germs, in landfill it will fester, be picked over by seagulls and rats and generally be nasty, so yes there is an environmental advantage to putting waste where it is intended to go.

Ifyourawizardwhydouwearglasses · 03/12/2014 08:50

How do you scrape the poo off the nappy?

CaulkheadUpNorth · 03/12/2014 08:51

I've never heard of this before feels a bit thick but it does make sense.

I'm a bit Shock at three weekly bin collections. Ours are weekly Wink

FrauHelgaMissMarpleandaChuckle · 03/12/2014 08:52

I think it's to do with infection risk. All human solid waste should go into the sewage system.

Ifyourawizardwhydouwearglasses · 03/12/2014 08:52

Do you have a special designated tool?