No bathroom bin

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If you are at relatives house with no bathroom bins where do you put your used sanitary stuff? I've been wrapping my tampons putting in handbag and putting them in the outside bin. I would always empty the bathroom bin and my periods are very heavy so need changing frequently., SIL isnt menopausal even my dad who lives alone has bathroom bins ??!!

I dont get why some people are saying its gross to have tampons etc sat in a bathroom bin but quite happy to have it in a kitchen bin, which is bigger and presumably emptied less frequently.

If I'm going to have a used tampon in my house for a few days, I'd prefer it to be in the place where I shit than the place where I eat.

Out of interest @tigger1001, have you ever been anywhere that didn't have a bin when you needed one? Like a shop, a loo outside, or someone's home?

If you never, ever have a female guest in your home, I can almost understand it. But you need to wake up to the fact that many women (and men) may use panty liners/ Tena/ etc as they age and not just have periods. These women may be in your home one day.

I go to the outside bin once a day at the most. Usually ever other day.
The kitchen bin is for rubbish for the 'rubbish' bin.
I have another container for recyclable cardboard and plastic and a stack of newspapers for recycling. These are taken out to the bin approx every other day.

I also have adult DCs who have female partners who come to stay and a DD who stays over now and then. They all need bathroom bins.

Also, I can't get over why you don't floss your teeth with something.
Are you not dental hygiene aware?

Not everyone has space for a bin. And even if I did I don't want one as it would encourage people to chuck in things that can be recycled.

You can get tiny bins that do the job. I don't think I have ever been in a bathroom anywhere that cant take a small flip top bin.

And you can train adults not to put plastic and cardboard into a bin.

@ChristmasyFairy I like the sound of the No Bins Brigade. Do you get a uniform?

Ah sorry you do floss your teeth. But you walk right through your house last thing at night or whatever to throw it into the bin? How weird is that!

[quote limitedperiodonly]@ChristmasyFairy I like the sound of the No Bins Brigade. Do you get a uniform?[/quote]
Definitely. It's a T shirt with a bin, with a huge red line across it.

They're not just for used sanitary towels or tampons, what about the cardboard roll from loo rolls and empty containers for other things you use in the bathroom?

Does everyone take them down to the kitchen bin every time you have something bathroom related to throw away.

I just run downstairs and take things straight out to the bin. It's not like I have loads of stuff on a daily basis to discard.

tigger1001, just wanted to say that I love you!!! Medication, especially in boxes, should NOT ever be kept in the bathroom, says on the package,keep in cool,dry place, often away from sunlight. I managed to buy an 8 inch high swing top bin online,put it on top of the toilet cistern with a roll of kitchen paper,so folk didn't have to use the hand towels. Just fitted in under the wall cupboard,which is 6inches deep, first time I've ever had a bathroom even big enough for any storage! When you sit on the loo(I'm 5ft 1in,my legs touch the door if it's open
My DD had a period Christmas Day,I never saw her brandishing her tampons on the way to the bin, anymore than I saw my 12 year old DGD pinch the bin,she decided was the perfect size for her pencils. Seems to be a lot of "period," shaming on here. All my DKs boys and girls,were aware of them at around 2 years old

When dd went for a sleepover recently I sent her with nappy bags and told her to bring them home. I'd never leave them at someone else's house to clear away.

We don’t have them and I would never even have considered putting used sanitary stuff in it anyway.

I have never struggled to dispose of san pro.

I don't need to wake up to anything. My bathroom is approx the size of a postage stamp with very little empty floor space. And the little empty floor space is needed to stand in front of the sink or open the door. There. Is. No. Room. For a bin. Guests can actually see that when they use the bathroom.

There however are bins just outside the front door. Or a kitchen bin if they didn't want to go outside. Plenty ways to dispose of rubbish without the need for a bin in the bathroom.

These threads make me laugh. Being told to wake up as I do things differently. It's just too funny for words! It's a bathroom bin. Many have them, equally many don't.

People will survive without a bathroom bin.

I go out to the recycling bins several times a day. I can't stand clutter so pop out to the outside bins if something needs to go in the bin. Don't have bins in the house for recycling either.

@MooseBreath

My in-laws haven't got one either. I put them in a nappy bag and attempt to discreetly put it in the kitchen bin (only one they have!).

Ditto.

Everyone should have a bathroom bin! Why do you want guests to feel awkward carrying bloody pads/tampons around your house?

Cotton wool or pads for removing make up No one wears make up in my house
Tee pee for teeth Is this a floss pick? I use those. Take the old one downstairs with me when it needs replacing.
Dental floss No
Boxes/ packaging for medication kept in a bathroom cabinet Paracetamol in the kitchen
Wet wipes No

@ChristmasyFairy

Not everyone has space for a bin. And even if I did I don't want one as it would encourage people to chuck in things that can be recycled.

You can get tiny bins that do the job. I don't think I have ever been in a bathroom anywhere that cant take a small flip top bin.

And you can train adults not to put plastic and cardboard into a bin.

Well you can come to mine. My bath mat covers 50% of the empty floor and it's just a standard bath mat. The remainder of the empty floor is for the door.

What's the point of a tiny bin? What do you put in a tiny bin? It's just easier to take stuff outside once finished.

@ChristmasyFairy it doesn't sound like it would win any design awards. You have just reminded me to put my recycling out for collection though and the lorry has just come! The garbage gods must be smiling on me because I have a bathroom bin. Though I don't allow bloody tampons or pissy Tena Ladys in there.

I go out to the recycling bins several times a day. I can't stand clutter so pop out to the outside bins if something needs to go in the bin. Don't have bins in the house for recycling either.
I hate clutter too. I also have periods when I need to declutter as a stress relief so any bathroom bin bought when I was feeling calm would be gone within months anyway!

@FinishWhatWeStarted I’m sure it’s not what you intended but - making your daughter bring home used sanitary products from a sleepover rather than inflict them on someone else’s houses?? Sounds like a sure fire way to make your daughter ashamed and worried about an entirely natural process.

I do wonder - if it was men who had to dispose of sanpro rather than women would the situation be different. Proudly labelled sanpro bins in every bathroom rather than men scurrying around the house with used tampons trying to find an ‘acceptable’ bin.

*ChristmasyFairy

I don't understand the no bins brigade at all.

Surely everyone has bathroom waste?

Cotton wool or pads for removing make up
Tee pee for teeth
Dental floss
Boxes/ packaging for medication kept in a bathroom cabinet
Wet wipes

Not just san pro.*

To be fair, I don't have any of those things in my bathroom. Well, a TeePee now and then.

Medicines are kept downstairs. I only use cotton wool for nail varnish remover and I keep, and do, that downstairs.

Wet wipes are the work of the devil.

I do have - a little sachet thing from HRT every day, tags from new clothes, used cloth face masks and their packaging, wrappers for soap, empty bottles, loo roll tubes etc.

Anything recyclable I throw onto the landing and take down to the recycling bin when I go down.

Anything not recyclable goes in the bathroom bin. Which I empty now and then.

I really would not want to be traipsing to outside bins with every single little bit of rubbish, I have to change my shoes every time for one thing!

@FinishWhatWeStarted

When dd went for a sleepover recently I sent her with nappy bags and told her to bring them home. I'd never leave them at someone else's house to clear away.

Sorry but that is weird - periods aren't shameful. I would be mortified if I found out a guest did this - like I was down horrible person

Oh god I cannot imagine making a young child carry bring her rubbish home rather than use a bin for its intended purpose.

Reusable u set yourself up with double pocket wet bags designed for the purpose.

I'd not want to keep something in a nappy bag In my.bag all day. That wouldn't feel secure/hygienic to me.

It seems a bit pointless to give your dd a choice of disposables or re usable products only to remove the convenience , discretion and ease they thought they opted for. Not to mention the environmental impact of all the.nappy bags. Babies least only use them.fir a couple.of years or so. A 12 yr old could have 40 years of this.

I have biodegradable bathroom bin liners..if I.was hosting a sleepover hiuth young girls I'd just empty the bin when they left just in case.

@FinishWhatWeStarted

When dd went for a sleepover recently I sent her with nappy bags and told her to bring them home. I'd never leave them at someone else's house to clear away.

That’s really weird behaviour

@FinishWhatWeStarted

When dd went for a sleepover recently I sent her with nappy bags and told her to bring them home. I'd never leave them at someone else's house to clear away.

This makes no sense at all. If you are comfortable letting your child stay somewhere, surely you would be comfortable with them disposing of rubbish there

I would be absolutely horrified if someone visiting my house did not feel comfortable enough to use the dustbin for its intended purpose

Yes it's weird. But as you know they don't have one, keep plastic bags in your handbag or pocket, wrap your stuff in one and go put it in bin. You don't have to sneak around, if they ask , "some of us have periods so have sanitary products to dispose of" is your answer. I wouldn't feel embarrassed! They chose not to kept a bin in bathroom

@tigger1001 Every bathroom can fit in a small bin. John Lewis do a plastic AnyDay one that is 30 cm high and with a swing lid. It goes alongside the loo or under the sink. I have 3, one for each loo.

I can't get my head round you traipsing outside to throw away each san towel or tampon. You must be wrapping them in their wrapper or toilet paper, I assume. Do you use a plastic bag for each one or just hurl them in your bin outside? Unless you are throwing used pads and tampons in without wrapping them, that's horrible.

Do the other people in your household see you disposing of this stuff each month? Do you have to walk through the house carrying your used san pro?

An what about hair when you clean brushes and combs?

@tigger1001 my bath mat covers virtually all the space. I have a small bathroom. Small bathrooms are fairly standard in UK houses.