Disposing of sanitary products when staying at someone else's home.

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Twice this has happened now.
Heavy period whilst staying with friends and relatives.
Tampons don't suit me so I use towels and for the first 24 hours my period is heavy.
Where are you supposed to dispose of them , the two families only have a kitchen bin , no other bins in the house.
Also they have a white sofa and the other has a light pink one , so I was concerned about leaking on the sofa.
I have had a scan , hysterscopy and they were not concerned about my periods, I don't have to change them every hour liked the doctor mentioned.
It's just awkward

Wrap them up and place in the kitchen bin.

Depending on whose house would be different... But if I was anxious I'd take little sanitary bags you can buy at the supermarket and tie them up (like dog poo or nappy bags but smaller) and pop them in my bag. I'd probably also wear heavy flow period pants as they tend to be more reliable

In a nappy bag (or similar) and straight in their wheelie bin.

I wear towels plus period pants, sleep on a bed mat that I take with me and either take disposal bags, tie them up tight and take them home with me to put in my own bin or take them to the outside bin- also tied up in disposal bags.

Take a good strong carrier bag and place it in your room. Tie it up securely and put it in the bin when you leave, or even take it with you if it's smelly!

Not very environmentally friendly I know, but on the rare occasion that my heavy period coincided with being a guest somewhere I would take a pack of scented nappy sacks with me, at least then I could roll up the pads and put them in a sack to carry discreetly to the outside bin.

Oh god. It infuriates me when people don’t have bins in their bathroom for this exact reason! Bad manners or at the very least thoughtless when hosting guests. I’ve been in that situation before and asked where to put them but obviously depends on how close you are to the person.

I’d double bag and put them in your bag. I also suffer with really heavy periods, dreading Christmas already as we’re staying at my parents on days 2 and 3 (heaviest days). My plan is to try and change my pad a lot more frequently and get some better period knickers

In the past I've kept some carrier bags in my room / bag and put them in there tied up as a makeshift bin, then into their outside bin (or could take home, depending on how long trip is).

You can get little bags on Amazon called fab little bags, that don’t look like period bags. I used them while staying with in laws and just put them in the kitchen bin.

Don't outvthem in the kitchen bin!

I take a large old towel, double folded, to lie on in bed.
For pads I use nappy sacks, place them in a carrier bag and bring them home with me. 2 nights maximum.

The first time I went round to my now DPs this happened! He didn’t have a bin and I was mortified. I think I out it in my bag to take home but brought it up. Conversation went something like:

“oh you don’t have a bathroom bin”
“no, why would I need one”
“can you think of a reason why a female visitor might notice that”
“ohhhhh”

When I went round again a week later there was a small pedal bin in the bathroom bless him

I bring small opaque bags.

Get some black tie up stoma disposal bags from Amazon. Double bag using those and take them home.

https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/waitrose-sanitary-disposal-bags/459434-522225-522226?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=19822799279&gbraid=0AAAAADnhuuUb5tZnlrB2Xg5_Z1aeBJLhn&gclid=Cj0KCQiAoZDJBhC0ARIsAERP-F_BuD8S8bZo05JDcatcuobnVhL8SG37ctUjcO39KOB1Y2onSP0C2g8aAvhzEALw_wcB

I really don’t see why people make such an issue out of this. Just wrap them up well and put them in the kitchen bin, surely?! We don’t have bathroom bins because it’s just more bins for me to empty. We have a bin in the kitchen and that’s it. It’s a large ish 30 litre proper bin, no one is going to see anything intimate wrapped and popped in there.

I carry nappy sacks for this purpose. Usually, I put them in the kitchen bin, but if necessary (and only there for a short time) can bring them home.

So nice to read measured, normal, replies on this thread.
I commented years ago on a thread that I wasn't comfortable putting my used sanitary towels in someone else's bin and that I take them home with me when visiting during my period. Ridiculed for it (I should be proud not ashamed or something).
I also commented I wouldn't really like to clear a bin with someone else's products in and was lambasted for this too.

Anyway. I wrap mine up, put them in a bag and dispose of them once I'm home if I'm staying at someone else's. I usually wear double pads if it's a super heavy period and sleep on my own towel too so I don't stain any bedsheets as I'd be mortified for someone to have to wash them!

Would you have left it in his bathroom bin for him to empty? I can't imagine using a bathroom bin for that purpose, as a guest, even if there was one.

I haven't had a period for decades (thank you Mirena) but have a lined bin in the bathroom for guests to dispose of sanitary stuff in.

DH is happy to empty it after visitors (he did it last week), I'm happy to empty it. We have bags to put tampons/pads in if needed. It's really no big deal.

But do guests ever use it for that purpose?

I'm sure you are happy to empty it, but are your guests happy to let you?

I have bins next to the toilets and it wouldnt even cross my mind to look at the contents, I just take the bag out when it’s full and put it in the outside bin. Why is everyone so bothered about putting sanitary towels in bins, surely that’s exactly where they should be put and no one would have an issue with the bin being used the way a bin is supposed to be used.

I’ve discovered period pants with night time towels on a recent long haul flight. Was fab- I felt very secure xx

Sad that having your period has to he hidden. Half of the population has them (or had, or will). Periods come with smelly pads, they should just go in the bin without it having to be a big deal.