Loo bins - do you have them and what is the etiquette for visitors?

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We had SIL to stay over Xmas. She is always a polite house guest and generally tries to fit in with what we do. This time though she kept on hinting that we needed a bin in our downstairs loo (which is tiny) - we don't need one in our opinion.
Anyway, as if to make her point, when I went to put my Quality Street wrappers in the kitchen bin on NYE, I had horror moment when right there in the bin, on top, partially covered with one thin tissue was a (heavily) used tampon (bin is in the cupboard next to the dish washer - so it gets warm and we never put perishable waste in it - but the cupboard actually smelt of the offending article!!). It could only be SILs and I did not mention it
Even if we got a bin in the loo, is it polite to put used sanitary protection in it - surely she should flush or wrap in tissue and quietly put in our wheely bin?
What do other households do for female guests?

You expect someone to go outside to the bin in the middle of the night?

Who wants to walk to the outside bin when on their period? I barely feel like leaving my bed when on mine.

Spare room has a full length mirror, hairdryer and a spare light up mirror thingy. No bin though.

It depends on what you're used to. We don't have rubbish satellites all over the house. We have a bin split into normal or recycling. If I peel loads of veg, it goes straight outside for recycling. DH has never had bins everywhere either. None of my sisters do and all have girls.

We don't have them everywhere but we do in the bathrooms. What do you do with wax strips, razor heads, make up pads?

Bin in every bathroom. Your poor guests , how embarrassing for them .

Lidded bin in every room that contains a toilet.
Your poor SiL.
Of course you provide a small bin in each bathroom.

You don't need bins "everywhere" but in a bathroom is standard. I don't have them in bedrooms.

You can't expect people to go outside in their nightclothes at 3am to dispose of used sanitary items, whatever weird hatred of bins you have lol at "rubbish satellites all over the house". I'd be putting it in the kitchen bin, wrapped in tissue. I would assume that's what I was meant to do.

I only know one person without loo bins. Have to travel with nappy bags and take my towels home when visiting, heavy periods, open plan sitting room/ kitchen and don't want to carry the stuff past everyone to the big kitchen bin.

Get a bin, not having one is really inhospitable.

You are the cause of some peoples anxiety! I have heavy periods and if i know i have to go stay with a friend or someone who doesn't have a bathroom bin, and im on, it makes me really nervous.
I do not want to carry sanitary waste to the kitchen. Nor do i want to carry it outside. Nor do i want to have to ask. Once i did, and the offending host said "oh no, should i grab something to protect my sheets" seriously??!

I oncd stayed in a friends where i had to traipse down the two flights of stairs outside to the communal bin. Lovely.

What uptight attitudes to normal garbage some of you have. You really resent guests for not faffing around you house and yard with nappies and sanitary products when you could have have a discreetly lined bin like most normal people.

As for those who put used Sanpro in their purses, least anyone know of their feminine shame - Jesus wept!!

Well if I were staying somewhere with no bathroom bin I sure as hell would not be taking used tampons to the outside bin, nor would I take them home with me. Some people have no idea how to treat guests.

Oh and 'rubbish satellites': what the hell is wrong with having bins around the house?

I stayed with PIL over Christmas when I was on. They do not have bins in their loos.
I hate it. It means I have to keep a carrier bag in my room as a bin for sanpro. And then hide it, as MIL might go and rummage to see what's in it .
I have to secretly carry it out to the wheelie bin, as in the past both my FIL and MIL have asked to check 'if there's any recyclable things' in it when I've said it's rubbish. And I then have to insist it's not recyclable. Tbh, I'd rather not have to discuss my sanpro with FIL.

Your poor SIL OP.
Just get a small lined bin.

We have one upstairs bin. Its always filled with things that could be recycled n i sort through it which annoys me. Having one in every room would be a nightmare. I use a mooncup and dd not old enough for this yet. I guess i might get a bin then or show her how to wrap up n put in outside bin. Nappies from friends kids definitely go straight in outside bin

I dont think i've ever used an upstairs bin for sanpro thougg

OP I'm with you. I think all bodily waste needs to go out the door ASAP, whether it's nappies, san pro or a used plaster. I do not want it sitting around in a bathroom bin, as they only get emptied when I see there's a need (when they're full).
Having to empty a bathroom bin full of other people's gross stuff is why I don't have one any more.
I put san pro well wrapped in my kitchen bin as that gets emptied at least daily. I wouldn't expect any of my friends or their cleaners to have to lug my used san pro around their house, and I think leaving san pro unwrapped anywhere for someone else to deal with is just disgusting.
If flushing is no longer the done thing then when you take your tampons/towels into the toilet with you then take your own disposal bag too. When I've stayed at PIL I've managed to get rid of it all without anyone being the wiser. No big deal, why would I want to dump personal stuff in a bin for my poor MIL to empty?
Now that I see that people think it's OK to leave their san pro lying around other people's houses I think I'm going to stash some disposal bags near my toilet with instructions!

"Even if we got a bin in the loo, is it polite to put used sanitary protection in it "

This must win a prize for one of the stupidest questions I have ever seen on MN. That is exactly what a bathroom bin is for. Having been through the menopause myself and never having anyone of childbearing age to stay with us we didn't have a bathroom bin until DD started her periods.

"ou're going to tell me I shouldn't be flushing my used cooking oil down there now, aren't you?"

pocketsaviour Is this a wind up or do you really do this?

So you change your tampon at bedtime in someone else's house. What do you do with the used one?

I used to wrap them in a couple of wads of toilet paper then put in a plastic bag in my room to throw away later

I would never dream of using someone elses bathroom bin for my used tampon. Poor person who had to empty it

Bun I can't remember the last time I used enough oil cooking something to actually have some left to throw away (probably in the 90s when I was habitually stoned and used to get the munchies), so don't worry, the sewers of England are free from threat of my manky lard

"I would never dream of using someone elses bathroom bin for my used tampon. Poor person who had to empty it"

So what would you do with it?

And what on earth is so disgusting about emptying a lined bin containing used tampons in disposal bags?

I really do wonder how some people live with their delicate sensibilities! How do you feel, by the way about the people who empty the bins in public loos? Or don't they count?

Bathroom bins are for convenience - I'd use then empty daily while in use. I wouldn't expect my host to empty it for me though but have never come across somewhere without one!

Oh so its bathroom bins plus disposal bags that need to be provided now? Actually that wouldnt be so bad for emptying. I was thinking people just put the used tampon directly into the lined bin. Its like a different world sometimes on mumsnet. Do they sell bathroom bin liners and disposal bags in regular shops? Honestly, mooncups are amazing. Its been 10 years since i've had to think about this kind of thing