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 ??!!

@Whatwouldscullydo we manage to fill our kitchen bin (it's not huge!) and it's emptied every couple of days. Time of the month for me is every 3 months so that's not an issue. I admit to using nappy sacks for used tampons, but only because I found a couple of full boxes at DMs when she died and I figured if they were going to landfill anyway they may as well go used!

So that method does come at quite an environmental cost then. Because if you recycle everything the bin wouldn't be full. Even a small one and as everyone has to wander around the house everything is double wrapped.

That's unnecessary really and far more dirty than a bathroom bin

We recycle everything we can, but our kitchen bin gets full. Mainly because they removed our food waste bin, however, and we've no space for a compost heap.

@phoenixrosehere

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.

@phoenixrosehere It's not just women with periods who use personal care items.

Many women - young and older- use panty liners, or small pads for incontinence issues. They may be your family but you can't be sure they are sharing all their intimate health issues. My mum is elderly and uses a small liner as she feels safer with it at times. Living on her own she doesn't need a bin as she puts anything straight in her kitchen bin. I do and bought my own to leave there when I stay with her.

When she did have periods she burned her towels on the kitchen Aga. At the time when I lived at home and had periods , it was ok to put tampons in the loo ( don't berate me- everyone did back then.) Things have changed.

@Whatwouldscullydo

So that method does come at quite an environmental cost then. Because if you recycle everything the bin wouldn't be full. Even a small one and as everyone has to wander around the house everything is double wrapped.

That's unnecessary really and far more dirty than a bathroom bin

Using anything other than reusable sanpro comes with an environmental cost, irrespective of which bin they go in.

You don't have to make more though.

@Whatwouldscullydo

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.

I have a bathroom bin sized kitchen bin as you are right, we don't have much non recyclable waste. I use reusables, as do the three female relatives who have ever stayed overnight at my house.

@Whatwouldscullydo

You don't have to make more though.

I don't. But equally I choose to use single use sanpro so can't berate others for choosing to use a nappy bag. Plenty on this thread say they use nappy bags and a bathroom bin. The use of nappy bags etc isn't exclusive to these who don't have a bathroom bin.

You could argue that using multiple bins, with liners in them isn't great for the environment in itself rather than one bin in the house.

I use reusables too. Presumably most keep a bucket or a wet bag in the bathroom for storage of used items ?

If the issue is Sanpro hanging around in the bathroom then Presumably the same goes for the wet bags too?

I fail to see enough of a difference that one cab hang around in the bathroom but the other cant.

@Whatwouldscullydo

So that method does come at quite an environmental cost then. Because if you recycle everything the bin wouldn't be full. Even a small one and as everyone has to wander around the house everything is double wrapped.

That's unnecessary really and far more dirty than a bathroom bin

Fucking hell, do you want a breakdown of what's in my bin? I recycle what I can but plenty of things aren't recyclable. I can't recycle oat milk cartons, cat food pouches, contact lens packaging, some food packaging, LFTs so what do expect me to do with it all?

AND NO ONE HAS TO WANDER AROUND THE HOUSE, THE KITCHEN BIN IS OUTSIDE THE FUCKING BATHROOM DOOR!

Jesus Christ MN is unbelievable at times.

It's amazing how so many anti-bin posters lack any empathy for other people.

It's now all about you. (As in the first post by the OP.)

It's about your visitors.

How you can be so sure that they don't need a bin, is laughable.

Women use protection at all stages of their life, from panty liners if they have a lot of discharge, to periods, to 'leaks'.

How you know that your visitors don't use these and might need to change them is showing the limit of your imagination.

I've been to houses with no bins and had to wrap STs or liners in loo roll and take them home with me.

Surely it's best to work out in a thoughtful way what other people might need? My bathrooms have bins and also a pack of panty liners in case any visitors (sons' partners etc) get caught short and need something.

It's just good manners, accommodating visitor's potential needs.

Many women - young and older- use panty liners, or small pads for incontinence issues. They may be your family but you can't be sure they are sharing all their intimate health issues.

I can be sure. MIL doesn’t have a bin in her loo either and my mum is quite open about her health issues to me.

So people who live alone need only one chair then

can be sure. MIL doesn’t have a bin in her loo either and my mum is quite open about her health issues to me.

Maybe your MIL puts her stuff in the kitchen bin at home?

Do you never have any other female guests, even just for a coffee for an hour or two?

I'd be embarrassed to think anyone in my home was wrapping San pro in loo roll and taking it home.

@Mofomo

So people who live alone need only one chair then

Brilliant

@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?

Can only speak for myself and DH but weirdly for this thread - used condoms are a kitchen bin item here even though we have bins in bathrooms and bedroom for anything else.

It's always DH that's done it, popped to the kitchen before we go to sleep (if it's evening, if it's daytime we're home alone so doesn't matter) but the kitchen bin it's easily hidden and our other bins are much smaller so save any potential awkwardness of DC/visitors. Although he always puts it back in it's packet and then wraps in a tissue.

Also kitchen bin is emptied the most frequently.

Vasectomy very soon so will be a thing of the past! Hooray.

AND NO ONE HAS TO WANDER AROUND THE HOUSE, THE KITCHEN BIN IS OUTSIDE THE FUCKING BATHROOM DOOR!

I guess you have a terraced house where the bathroom is an extension joined onto the kitchen?

But of the reason for not having a bathroom bin is because someone.finds them disgusting and doesn't want the contents sitting around even til the end of the day then presumably that also applies when the bin isnt outside the door?

So yes In some houses wandering around with it hoping no one stops u for conversation of any kind is indeed the case? As will he having to go back.uostairs amd re wash your hands and wiping down the sink as you had to leave it on the side while u sorted yourself out?

Maybe your MIL puts her stuff in the kitchen bin at home?

She does. That’s where all the rubbish goes in their home.

Do you never have any other female guests, even just for a coffee for an hour or two?

I don’t, no. We go to cafes, out to lunch, do walks, etc.

@ChristmasyFairy

AND NO ONE HAS TO WANDER AROUND THE HOUSE, THE KITCHEN BIN IS OUTSIDE THE FUCKING BATHROOM DOOR!

I guess you have a terraced house where the bathroom is an extension joined onto the kitchen?

Sort of. It’s a 1930s terraced maisonette and the bathroom comes off the kitchen but that’s how it was built, it’s not an extension. I hate it but there’s not a lot I can do! When we bought we needed to live in this area and it was all we could afford.

You open the bathroom door and look to your left and there’s the kitchen bin so there really isn’t any need to walk around with any bathroom rubbish!

I don't have a bathroom bin. I use a mooncup and period pants. Any makeup wipes I own are reusable. It wouldn't have occurred to me to get one for guests. Maybe I should!!

@driftcompatible

I don't have a bathroom bin. I use a mooncup and period pants. Any makeup wipes I own are reusable. It wouldn't have occurred to me to get one for guests. Maybe I should!!

I do have a bathroom bin but reading this thread is a strong reason for getting rid of it to repel unwanted guests.

Does anyone on MN have visitors anyway? Nobody ever answers the door do they?
The not answering the door people definitely wouldn't need a bathroom bin.

AND NO ONE HAS TO WANDER AROUND THE HOUSE, THE KITCHEN BIN IS OUTSIDE THE FUCKING BATHROOM DOOR!

So essentially, while arguing against bathroom bins, it turns out you have what amounts to a bathroom bin.

You've missed the entire point of the thread.