No bathroom bin

[Veeveeoxox]

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 ??!!

We have a bin in the bathroom for any rubbish. Plus we have a box for anything that can be recycled.
I wouldn't want all the yucky personal stuff that goes in the bathroom bin in my kitchen bin.

I am still wondering where people put used condoms. Surely these days of trying to reduce CO2, and help save the planet, there cannot be very much in ones normal bin, as most items are recyclable?

@nannybeach

I am still wondering where people put used condoms. Surely these days of trying to reduce CO2, and help save the planet, there cannot be very much in ones normal bin, as most items are recyclable?

I would imagine a lot of people flush them, not really thinking of the environment?

Not having a bathroom bin sends the message that period are somehow disgusting!! Neer read such rot. I started my periods 60 years ago, we never had a bathroom or kitchen bin for that matter. They were wrapped in newspaper and taken outsde to be burnt. At school you had to walk from the toilets to the end of the building, and put them in an incinerator, and they were huge in thoses days, Dr Whites, didn't even come with loops, you had to form your own.My youngest DS came to me with a tampon age 2, asked what it was, I told him, no fuss, no embarassment. Am assuming these folk who keep them on hand in a nice basket, out on the bathroom supply every size and thickness then!

It’s good we’ve come a long way from those days @nannybeach. Walking to the incinerator sounds horrible.
Modern sanitary protection is also so much better than back then by the sound of it. Bins in bathrooms=progress.

Modern sanitary protection is also so much better than back then by the sound of it.
Yes, more and more choice of modern reusables, washable pads, period knickers and menstrual cups. I had no clue so many people still used so many single use bathroom products until I read this thread, it's just not the norm at all amongst my friends and family.

True, but bathroom bin,nah. We had to buy a specialist small sized bath for here,and our last house which was Edwardian,high level cistern,weeny wall basin,sitz bath, would have gone for just a shower here,but GKs were babies, quite a lot of family with eczema so needed a bath

@Nel246

Do people actually walk around with used Sanitary Products and put them in their kitchen bin!? Utterly discusting in my opinion. A bathroom bin is a must have and for other bits like wipes, cotton wool etc.

Well in my case I open the bathroom door, step into the kitchen an put whatever rubbish I have in the kitchen bin, meaning there’s absolutely no need for a bathroom bin!

The issue with taking your pads/tampons to the kitchen bin is not about parading around with it and embarrassment (although that would be an issue for younger girls/teenagers, and they should not be put through that) but that its just so much more inconvenient than putting them in the bathroom bin. How does it even work, do you have to hold on to the tampon with one hand while wiping etc. and putting the new tampon in, pulling pants back up and then do you somehow wash hands while still holding it or leave the bathroom with unwashed hands to take the tampon to the kitchen bin and then go wash hands? Or do you put them in a bag creating more plastic waste that won't be recycled? I really cannot see the benefit of this system and a lot of cons, why make extra work for yourself?

After 21 pages there is a still a hard core of posters who simply refuse to engage with the post by @Veeveeoxox

Regardless of what you need in your home, the OP was put in an embarrassing situation.

So maybe think outside the box (or bin) and consider other people who use your home.

Many women do not use 'reusables'. And you can hardly expect visitors to deal with those in your home.

Some people also carry moist toilet wipes (I do) and want to dispose of those. (Poos don't always come to order in your own house!)

It's just downright inconsiderate not to provide a bin if you ever have anyone in your home who may need to dispose of something personal.

What you choose to do on your own, if you live like a hermit is up to you.

So if you don't have a bathroom bin you live like a hermit? Only on MN! Please just try and think that not everyone has a bathroom big enough for a bin.

My parents' bathroom is 6ft x 6ft, max. They still manage to fit a bin in. I've never seen a bathroom smaller than theirs, it has to be said.

@PinkSparklyPussyCat

So if you don't have a bathroom bin you live like a hermit? Only on MN! Please just try and think that not everyone has a bathroom big enough for a bin.

You can buy tiny bins that are less than 30cm high and not very wide. They can fit down the side of the loo or under a sink. Even the smallest of bathrooms has a loo, basin and shower or bath, and there is always a space between them that could take a bin or something like a bin.

I'd hate to visit you @PinkSparklyPussyCat because you sound like a very inconsiderate host. You might get away with no bin but what if a visitor needed to dispose of an ST? Has that never occurred to you?

At least buy one and put it in there when you have women visitors.

No bin in bathroom? How odd. Don't you unwrap things, use the last of a bottle or tube, pull the loose hair out of a hairbrush? What do you do with this stuff?

@ThatsMySantaHisBeardIsSoFluffy

My parents' bathroom is 6ft x 6ft, max. They still manage to fit a bin in. I've never seen a bathroom smaller than theirs, it has to be said.

Likewise. My parent's bathroom is no longer than the small bath, and the loo and basin are on the same wall as the bath - so all lined up. It's possibly 6' x 5'.There is still space between the loo and the basin for a bin.

That's where my parents' bin goes as well! I doubt much goes in it these days, but it's there to be used if required.

You can buy tiny bins that are less than 30cm high and not very wide. They can fit down the side of the loo or under a sink. Even the smallest of bathrooms has a loo, basin and shower or bath, and there is always a space between them that could take a bin or something like a bin.

Fucking hell, do you want a picture of my bathroom? Nothing will fit under the sink, I have fitted bathroom cupboards! The space between the shower and units is taken up with the cat litter tray and washing basket.

I'd hate to visit you @PinkSparklyPussyCat because you sound like a very inconsiderate host. You might get away with no bin but what if a visitor needed to dispose of an ST? Has that never occurred to you?

Well the feelings mutual, I'd hate you to visit me!

At least buy one and put it in there when you have women visitors.

I'll say it once again - THE KITCHEN BIN IS OUTSIDE THE BATHROOM DOOR AND ANYONE WHO NEEDS TO DISPOSE OF ANYTHING CAN USE IT!

Under the sink is already used with a cupboard. And between the toilet and sink is where I keep the cleaning supplies. No space for a bin. I could put a tiny one behind the toilet under the u bend but suspect no one would use that. I do have a laundry hamper at the shower end of the bath. That's far more useful to the occupants of my house than a bin will ever be.

I have no need for a bin and no space. It's not a problem at all. My mil also doesn't have a bin and neither do my parents. Just never been an issue at all.

The space in my bathroom (and in all honesty the rest of my house) is utilised for the benefit of the people who live in it.

Im in my 40's. Never lived in a house with a bathroom bin and it's honestly not caused me any issues whatsoever.

It's just downright inconsiderate not to provide a bin if you ever have anyone in your home who may need to dispose of something personal.

We don’t have visitors often (three times a year if that) and those who do are our parents where both our mothers don’t have periods anymore and both use some type of reusable cloth to take off their make-up. I use reusable pads and period pants so no sanitary waste to dispose of. I use cotton for my face and it goes into our compost bin as well as the inner tube (or reused for planting) and toilet paper obviously can go in the toilet when blotting lipstick. I am the only female in the house so a bathroom bin is unnecessary. Plus, if we did have one, I know for a fact of the children would be in it or have dumped its contents out or filled it with stuff unnecessarily.

No bin in bathroom? How odd. Don't you unwrap things, use the last of a bottle or tube, pull the loose hair out of a hairbrush?

Do you not recycle or use things that can be? Hair also can go in a compost bin. A lot of our stuff comes in cardboard and recyclable bottles. We just take such things to the kitchen and put it in the recycling box or the compost bin

So much angst over other people's bathrooms!!
I couldn't tell you which of my friend's bathrooms have a bin in or not, nor do I care.

This is such a weird thread! Obviously we have bathroom bins. And just empty them without inspecting the contents.
I vividly remember as a 13-year-old struggling at my aunt's house with a used sanitary towel as there was no bin in the bathroom. I was far far too embarrassed to put it in the kitchen bin and think I carried it around all day 😞
Even if you don't use a bin it just gives people the option to feel more comfortable.

I wouldn't know who had bins and who didn't either! I have my home laid up so it's practical for me. I never have overnight visitors and most of my visitors are elderly family. I'm not redesigning the bathroom on the off chance someone might visit who needs to get rid of sanitary protection!

Between recycling and thr food waste bins there can't surely be that much left that goes in a kitchen bin. Do you all empty the kitchen bin daily even though it's no where near full? Cos surely otherwise bathroom.waste sits in there far longer than it would in a tiny bathroom bin which you would empty daily or ever other day as it would get full at that time if the month?

That's so many mostly empty bin bags.

Where do people put their used floss? No bathroom bin is madness.