DS had food allergies. Every poo was a neck to knee poonami.
It was the early days of modern style cloth nappies and Cheeky Wipes so I started off with disposables as it was the default thing.
At home, I'd end up showering him down. Nursery asked me to take a baby bath in. When it happened when we were out and about, it used to take half a pack of wipes to get past the smearing stage and actually clean him.
When I started trying reusables, firstly, the nappies were much better at containing the explosion, then a mere 4 cloth wipes could clean up. Far far less time and effort.
There was no way I was binning every single outfit he ever shat in so the washing machine was used for dealing with poo anyway.
When I had two in nappies, I had plenty of bin capacity left at the end of each fortnight.
I use reusable sanitary products since then and they're also far easier and more comfortable than disposables. No more thrush from getting dried out. No more having to check for bins with capacity. When I'm out, empty cup into toilet, wipe with toilet paper, reuse, wash later at a convenient time. For pads, put into a wet bag to wash at a convenient time. The capacity is greater than plasticy disposables and there's no rubbing or reapplying sticky bits. I haven't used disposables for a decade and do not miss them one jot.
Disposable products are a blip in human history but will loiter in landfill for centuries. Modern reusables are well designed and easier to use than their traditional counterparts.
Overzealous fussing about hygiene is bad for the environment (waste, use of resources to manufacture) and has no health benefits anyway.