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 am certainly not some sort of eco warrior but as I mentioned in a previous post, if you live somewhere where recycling is taken seriously, then the amount of non recyclable waste is very much reduced. I don't live in the uk and only have 5 free Wheely bin collections per year for a family of four. Any extra is paid for.
If we want to encourage recycling, the idea that you can just dispose of used sanitary products, be it nappies or San pro, without it being sorted through, isn't always possible. If you are used to producing lots of non recyclable waste then it might seem like throwing away used san pro is nothing, but if you separate everything it stands out, precisely because it contains bodily fluids that start smelling very quickly.
To be honest, before new rules on recycling came into force I wouldn't have thought much about it and could have simply thrown out a bathroom bin even if, to be honest it would have only contained their used protection because the bin would be for their comfort only. All I wanted to say is that, if there is no bin, it's because it isn't needed in that household, and the embarrassment of transferring a used sanitary product from the bathroom to another room is, in reality, just transferred to a later date, when the bin is emptied, presumably by the owner of the house.
I personally use reusable products so always take them away with me. I understand that not everyone can or wishes to, and respect that. I do however think that nowadays, it's important to remember that you can't always disguise throw away products in other people's homes as easily as perhaps you were once used to.

@PinkSparklyPussyCat

Don't you clear your bins daily?

No, not if it's not full and doesn't smell. It's a waste of a bin liner.

When we have people to stay, I wipe over the bathroom they use daily and take away the rubbish in the bin.

My guests are day visitors only, no one stays over. And no, it's not because of my lack of a bin, it's because I don't have a spare room!

Most visitors know me well enough to ask where they should put rubbish, of if they need san pro unexpectedly they can ask me for it (I'm not leaving a selection on the side just in case!).

Totally agree!

We are the same. No room for overnight visitors. And people coming during the day know me well enough to ask where the bin is or if they have ran out of san pro.

Equally even at work, if someone needs sanpro they will just ask. No embarrassment.

I live in a very small flat with very few visitors; the kitchen is next door to the loo so I use that bin. Any visitor is more likely to be horrified by my peri menopausal collection of washable pads soaking in a box...

When I was young we were told to flush which as an adult I am very guilty about.

I don't use our bathroom bin at all. I make very little waste in the bathroom. No periods therefore no sanpro waste, shampoo bottles and loo roll cardboard gets recycled. I use washable face cloths or my make up remover cookie on the rare occasion I wear make up. I don't use cotton buds.

I use the occasional cotton wool pad for removing mascara on the even rarer occasion I wear it, or for remving nail varnish but I just put them in the bedroom bin.

The bathroom bin gets used by DD and the occasional guest.

I dont have one. Never had one in my life. Never even contemplated getting one . Until now perhaps haha

I didn't get one until DD started her periods.

Equally even at work, if someone needs sanpro they will just ask. No embarrassment.

This is totally off-topic but has just reminded me of something. In my previous career I worked in a male-dominated field. One day I was suffering from awful period pain and when I stood up from my chair, for a brief moment I just leaned on the back of it slightly stopped and did a very discreet exhale from the pain. Anyway, as I went to walk away one of my older male colleagues asked me if I was ok and I simply replied, “I’m ok, thanks, just a bit of period pain.”

At this point all the men around me (large banks of desks together) all fell about saying “ergh!”, “we don’t need to know that, gross!” and making sick noises.

These men were adults, partners, husbands and fathers. It was the most pathetic thing I’d ever seen. And I told them so. I got in very well with them and they had the decency to look embarrassed but still.

Sorry to me-rail. I was just reminded.

Also incidentally, the women’s loos at that workplace had no sanpro bin when I started because no one had thought to arrange one.

The following is absolutely laughable….

I can just imagine my elderly Mum saying to someone 'Oh I need a bin for my Tena lady pad.'

Or my cousin in her 70s, telling me she has thrush or some other gynae issue and needs to bin a panty liner before she sets off home.

Or a colleague who I've invited for coffee, telling me she is having a period and needs to bin something.

In whose world does anyone have to announce what they’re putting in someone’s bin?!?

The point is being stretched so far - in some people’s bizarrely desperate need to be right - that it’s scampering along the outer realms of a parallel universe.

FYI some people do not want to share this kind of stuff.

FYI you do no need to share this kind of stuff. Keep it to yourself, please! Just put your rubbish in the bin. Nobody cares what it is. No announcement is needed. Just put your rubbish in the bin!

If anyones in need of a bathroom bin my in laws brought me a new one for Christmas

We already have one, free to a good home

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In whose world does anyone have to announce what they’re putting in someone’s bin?!?

I'd just ask where the bin was if I couldn't see it, it's really not difficult!

The point is being stretched so far - in some people’s bizarrely desperate need to be right - that it’s scampering along the outer realms of a parallel universe.

I was told yesterday that my kitchen was a public place...

@LoveGrooveDanceParty I'm not sure if we are on the same page or you missed my sarcasm.

I gave the examples you quoted.

They were in response to someone (possibly @PinkSparklyPussyCat or @tigger1001 ) because one of them said that their friends and family wouldn't bat any eyelid at explaining what they might need a bin for.

IMO most kitchen bins are hidden away from sight unless they are the sort that are a metre high and stand in the room rather than under the sink. I think it would be very obvious if a guest started rifling through the base units of a kitchen looking for a bin to 'throw something away' that was wrapped in loo roll or whatever.

I'd just ask where the bin was if I couldn't see it, it's really not difficult!

While holding your tampon or towel in your hand, wrapped in loo paper.

So much for privacy. Such an empathetic and kind host.

In case I ever visit you, please make it clear in advance that you don't have a bin in your bathroom.

I am amazed how many people are able to gauge other people's embarrassment, or lack of it so accurately

Mine's in an alcove so it's not stuck in the middle of the kitchen like an island!

I'm not sure if if I said that or not but my friends would probably say after having a moan about periods. However they would probably just ask where the bin is (if they were so daft they missed it) and use it. They would also be happy to ask me if they needed san pro.

On the subject of san pro people really leave a basket of it on the side on the off chance someone hasn't got any? I've seen it on MN but never real life.

I also have family who if I asked where the bin was would insist I handed the 'rubbish' to them probably so they could throw it away.
(But they all have bathroom bins)

Nobody cares what’s in your hand.

Nobody cares what you’re putting in the bin.

Nobody wants to know what you’re throwing away.

Just put your rubbish in the bin and move on with your day!

@LoveGrooveDanceParty

Nobody cares what’s in your hand.

Nobody cares what you’re putting in the bin.

Nobody wants to know what you’re throwing away.

Just put your rubbish in the bin and move on with your day!

Except when you might ask where the bin as and they ask you to hand it to them!

*While holding your tampon or towel in your hand, wrapped in loo paper.

So much for privacy. Such an empathetic and kind host.

In case I ever visit you, please make it clear in advance that you don't have a bin in your bathroom. *

If by the rarest of chances I had a female guest who needed to dispose of such things, they would have little privacy concerning it if I did have a bathroom bin because it would be the only thing in said bin anyway, even more likely, my youngest DS who is 4 would have taken it out since again it would be the only thing in there and ask “what it was?” or worse my 6 yo autistic ds if it had a string because he twiddles with string-like things. Which would be more private or should I say less embarrassing for said visitor?

@LoveGrooveDanceParty

Nobody cares what’s in your hand.

Nobody cares what you’re putting in the bin.

Nobody wants to know what you’re throwing away.

Just put your rubbish in the bin and move on with your day!

… in my kitchen I have three bins for various types of waste so I WOULD ask what you wanted to throw away so I could direct you to the correct bin. However, I do have bins in my bathrooms… lidded pedal bins for floss, sanpro (there are also sanpro bags beside the bins), cotton buds, condoms, wrappers etc and open bin for recycling. I don’t have periods any more but have a DD in her twenties who visits plus female friends. I don’t want used sanpro in my kitchen bin!

The bin in the “main” bathroom is checked every couple if days and emptied when necessary. The bin in the en-suite is emptied once a fortnight (the day before our fortnightly waste collection) - it only contains cotton buds, floss, hair from the shower drain, toenail clippings, condoms and used tissues so no smell. (I use washable cotton pads for makeup removal).

Redhot22, so are 11 year old expected to use moon cups?

[quote ChristmasyFairy]@LoveGrooveDanceParty I'm not sure if we are on the same page or you missed my sarcasm.

I gave the examples you quoted.

They were in response to someone (possibly @PinkSparklyPussyCat or @tigger1001 ) because one of them said that their friends and family wouldn't bat any eyelid at explaining what they might need a bin for.

IMO most kitchen bins are hidden away from sight unless they are the sort that are a metre high and stand in the room rather than under the sink. I think it would be very obvious if a guest started rifling through the base units of a kitchen looking for a bin to 'throw something away' that was wrapped in loo roll or whatever.[/quote]
Wasn't me - I wouldn't ask what they needed a bin for. Just point them in the direction of the bin. Family members would know where it was anyway.

I have a basket of sanpro in each bathroom!
Selection of products for adults and teens. Plus bin.

@NoToLandfill

I have a basket of sanpro in each bathroom! Selection of products for adults and teens. Plus bin.

Don't most adult women carry spare san pro anyway? I've always got something in my bag just in case.

To be honest I think it's different if you've got teens. Here it's just me and DH so it stays in the bathroom cupboard, I don't want it on display! I only need it every 3 months so it would only be gathering dust. If one of my friends wanted something I'd say have a look in the cupboard but if they don't want Tampax it's hard luck!

Cleaning products under my sink,tiny kitchen/lounge open plan. Half bin by fridge and (original) back door,no where else for it. 2.5 base cupboard.Bin not hidden,no where to hide it