What’s your method of dealing with used sanitary towels?

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Teen dd and I are in disagreement. She thinks it’s ok to leave them in the bathroom bin (in a nappy sack) - she and her younger brother share a bathroom. I think that it’s better to put them in the kitchen bin (in a nappy sack so no embarrassment of anyone seeing anything ‘yucky’) which gets changed much more often.

Or are both methods reprehensible ?

Bathroom bin. Dh even empties it occasionally because women have periods and they aren't yucky.

Where did I say my son had an issue? I don’t think he even knows! I just mentioned that they shared a bathroom for context. It’s a) not just her bathroom and b) a room I rarely go in - we have an en-suite so don’t use it.

I wrap my used Sanpro in loo roll and put it in the bathroom bin.

Dh isn’t remotely phased about emptying a bathroom bin.

Dd is a young teen who is new to all this, she is self conscious about it, the males in our house have no input in any way on this matter. Not sure why there is so much anti-male frothing going on .

We didn’t have a bathroom bin growing up (that’s not supposed to read like a poor me statement) and I really was mortified thinking of disposing of these things because it would mean people would know I was on so I used to just put them in my drawer and forget about them until my mum went absolutely batshit at me and threatened to tell my dad. Really the issue was with her for not being open about these things and making me feel embarrassed and like it was something to be hidden. Even now I can barely buy my own products.

I always wrap mine then put them in the kitchen bin tbh, I am the only one that empties the bin so they are well hidden. I don't want them hanging around upstairs and the kitchen bin which is only small is emptied at least once a day and has a lid and is in a cupboard!

bathroom bin. that's what it is for, surely!
unreasonable to expect her to carry it to the kitchen bin.

don't use nappy bags - extra unessessary plastic. just wrap it in loo roll or the next pad's backing paper.

Yy Edison, same with the bins here but it seems we are vastly out-voted. I have talked to dd. She’s ditching the nappy sacks and going for wrapping used sanitary towel in the wrapper of the new one, I’ve ordered a new bathroom bin and have talked to her about emptying it regularly when she has her period. Whether it will happen, we’ll see! Thanks for all those who answered helpfully

Nappy sac in bathroom bin seems the obvious answer.

In the kindest possibly way, OP. May I suggest teaching DD positively about periods and that they are not embarrassing or yukky. YouTube has some great videos about female empowerment and tackle this issue really well!

We don’t even have bathroom bins - which I know from a previous thread is a mumsnet no no shock horror. We don’t really have visitors (I never really invite friends back home as we live rurally and usually meet in town) and it’s just us so everything gets wrapped and put in the kitchen bin which gets emptied lots. I think that’s more hygienic anyway.

WTF is 'piglet'?

Bathroom bin and empty it on bin night.

Wrap in wrapper of new pad, into bathroom bin. Empty contents of bathroom bin into kitchen bin at the end of the period then take kitchen bin bag to outside bin.

Bathroom bin with a lid

Bathroom bin, well wrapped. But I empty ours every day. In fact I empty all the upstairs bins every day.

Wrap well in tissue then put in bathroom bin.

Piglet is an affectionate expression for a teen who stores all her clothes, dirty and clean on the floor of her bedroom, who has to be reminded to clean her teeth and shower regularly. She’ll grow out of it eventually I’m sure.

Cachailleacha - that’s the plan exactly!

No way am I emptying every bathroom every day, I don’t have the time or the inclination.

Think of all that plastic waste!
Switch to washables.

Bathroom bin.

Her brother needs to understand women bleed and your daughter does not need to be embarrassed by her bodily functions.

I have a 13 & 10 year old girl and boy and they both know about periods. I am not embarrassed and neither should they be. 

We have two bins in the bathroom - an open one for loo roll inners, toothpaste tubes etc; and a little pedal bin for sanitary products. The sani bin is lined with a biodegradable compost caddy liner (eco friendly alternative to nappy sacks !) and emptied regularly.

Bathroom bin, emptied whenever by whoever normally does the bins. A non issue.

Funnily enough, I have just ordered compostable bin bags when I ordered the bins!

I will talk to ds in a while (although he does already know what periods are) but I’m going to let dd get used to everything first. Not everything has to be a learning point and dd feeling embarrassed is not ‘wrong’ - her feelings are perfectly valid, whatever they are, she’s young, she will take time to get used to this and I have talked and will talk to her about this again. Not all young girls want to share every bodily function with everyone around them, as I have said dd is very private. She knows periods are perfectly natural things.

The sanctimony on here really is quite trying I was only asking about bins!

Bathroom bin with a liner and a lid. How often does ds look inside the bin? In fact does he often put anything in the bin?! Definitely not the kitchen bin. It also takes 30 seconds to grab the bathroom bin and take it out on way out.

Bathroom bin, here. Mine is quite big, and goes out with the rubbish collection once a week or so. Pads/tampons are either wrapped in tissue/liners, or are deposited in nappy sacks. This is just for ease of disposal (only one bathroom, and it's upstairs) - on the whole, it's just slightly easier for us than carting them all 2 metres downstairs to the kitchen. But it's really just a matter of what works for you and your family.