Disposable nappies are unhygenic

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I think disposable nappies are very unhygenic, having just returned from a holiday complex where I witnessed parents putting rolled up used nappies outside their chalets, only sometimes in a bag. Even some of the litter bins were full of them. The satisfying thing about using terry nappies, is that when I change a dirty one, the poo and liners go straight down the loo where it is supposed to go, and not into a landfill site, the thought of which makes me crynge! I wonder how many people using disposables scrape the poo down the loo first? I suppose it's possible to use a liner with a disposable nappy, but I don't know anyone who does, it's never mentioned, and the manufacturer's don't suggest it.

Dunno about everyone else but i'm an omnivore

it is only illegal to dispose of human tissue (eg a placenta) in a household bin, anything else is ok, hospitals have a whole different set of rules as to what consists of clinical waste and that includes sanitary products and dirty nappies.......have done a lot of looking into it recently due to questions about disposal of placentas at home births

I had a homebirth and I'm fairly sure the placenta went into the household rubbish the midwives didn't say anything about it not being allowed in the bin.

I always ask women if they want to keep their placenta, I planted trees over mine (well one is still in my freezer , if not I have to take them to the local hosp to be incinerated

sorry, just realised how "off topic" I got!

I use a mixture of reusables and tesco disposables. The instructions for disposal on the back of the tescos nappies say wrap the nappy securely in a nappy bag and put in household waste. There is nothing about scraping the poo into the loo first so I very much doubt it is illegal to dispose of a pooey nappy wrapped securely in a nappy bag.

Would any of you with younger babies consider giving up nappies altogether - we started with a mix of cloth at home and disposables when away until I found out about EC and from 2 months old my daughter's used a potty. I thought it would be really difficult/ wouldn't work but gave it a go and it's brilliant. And she's really happy about it too..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elimination_communication

I know of a couple of people who do that with very good results - one child was dry day and night from the age of 14 months.

I can see how it works, but too much effort for me.

Aloha, lots of sites do mention it, but I think you're right, it looks like a myth. Interesting.

(you should still scrape your nappies into the toilet though - agree that it's revolting and unhygienic not to)

are you joking??

disposables get rolled, bagged, put in seperate bin, then out in black bins at my house.

have recently 'gone cloth' due to ds3's delicate butt... and kinda wish id looked into it further earlier in stead of being put off by how complicated it all looks... and im really not proud of the sizable landfill i and my 3 babies must have created. but it never occured to me even once to scrape the contents into the crapper first

Our daughter's dry day and night (at 7 months) and has been for a while; you have to like the idea of getting rid of nappies to give it a go though as I think most people just think it's weird unless they grow up in countries where it's natural and normal!
If using nappies I agree about scraping them into the toilet though. Although presumably that must only work for older babies/ children as our daughter's poo is really runny and sticks even to a potty (sorry, that sounds disgusting)

well i thought the point of disposable nappies was the roll it up and chuck it-ability

It's not an article though. Just a letter from someone else who is also misinformed about the law!

"the poo and liners go straight down the loo where it is supposed to go,"

actually you shouldn't really flush the liners down the loo - the sewage system isn't really up to it (bit like sanitary products - people flush 'em - but they do clog up the system somewhat ).

I'm not anti-cloth nappies btw! And I actually tended to chuck what I could down the loo to minimise bin-horror. Am down to two nappies a day now - ds and dd both sleep in them. DD, 2, will be out sooner than ds, 5, as he has Aspergers and dyspraxia which affects his ability to tell when he is going to go and his ability to hold on.

Depends which liners you use tbh - the bambinex ones are like thick toilet paper and break up.

even "thick" toilet paper is a no no

if you were in grmany, btw...it would be perfectly acceptable to flush liners as well as tampons...however, if you were in cyprus you wouldn't even flush bog standard (excuse the pun...or pan, lol)....toilet paper..different countries different sewage (sp) systems, different rules..

Avi there is the occasional thread on EC - try a search, there are a few ECing MNers around

Avi, I think EC is a dirty secret (bad pun, sorry). I was going to do it with DS as he cried whenever he urinated ie he didn't like sensation of being wet and could definitely tell me (crying is communication ergo i don't agree with CC but will not pursue that tangent!...), anyway plaster casts and rashes etc etc wore me down and I didn't do EC, sadly. Do you think at 10months I've missed the boat and it's too late?