Going nuts ? sposie user guests putting poo in MY bin!!!

[kelebek]

First of all didn't I didn't realise it was illegal but more importantly I would never put a pooey sposies in someone's kitchen bin. I nearly always have a bag with me to put the sposie in first & then generally put in their otto. I usualy ask the first time I am around at someone's house & would have no worries about taking the nappy with me if they weren't comfortable with me putting it into the bin. It is afterall my rubbish not someone else's & I should have to deal with it.

The first time you speak up will be hard but do it anyway, explain your reasons, you might have to have a few bags ready the first few times for people to take their sposies with them while they get use to the new rules. People don't bat an eyelid when you ask them to take off their shoes so they should do this as well.

GL with it & sending you lot's of good labour vibes

[Peach]

I would simply say .. "Would you mid putting in the wheelie bin for me "? I am certain most people wouldn't mind in the slightest!

[Arimeh]

I remember when I wasn't using cloth that I didn't know it was illegal to put poop in the bin - I knew that it wasn't recommended, but not that it was actually illegal.

But whenever I changed DS at someone elses house - I would always ask if it was ok to put in in the bin - if it was a wee - and I would take the poopy one home with me. Most people who come to my house, just wrap it up and take it with them.

Now when I'm at someone's house - I ask if I can borrow their toilet to drop the poop into.. lol... I've yet to have someone say no.

Stick to your guns, gather your courage and just say it. You might be surprised at how easy it gets to say it the second time

[Visitor8]

wow I didn't know it was illegal...

[boomba]

Ewww thats so gross! Even if they dont know its illeagal why would you put poo in the bin yuck! I would say something. I know I would find it hard too but sometimes it better to say something than leave it? Surely they dont put it in their bin at home?

The first time you speak up will be hard but do it anyway, explain your reasons, you might have to have a few bags ready the first few times for people to take their sposies with them while they get use to the new rules. People don't bat an eyelid when you ask them to take off their shoes so they should do this as well.

Well said!

There should be a big sign on the disopsable boxes saying all poo should go in the toilet!

Hope you find the courage to say something good luck x

[~Raven~]

I wouldn't be able to not say anything! Especially when it will stink out my kitchen

Do you have any plastic shopping bags? I have a few that I use as bin liners and before or as the nappy gets changed I will offer them one of those to take it home in.
I totally agree about flushing poo down the toilet and do it when we use sposies from time to time but I really don't like getting righteous on my friends. I find that offering the bag to take it home in is enough of a hint

[fionas]

In my house I put pooey nappies into one of those little plastic nappy bag things then put it in the kitchen bin. Sorry, didn't know it was illegal.

There is NO WAY I would put a pooey nappy into someone else's kitchen bin even though I do it myself at home. I would wrap it up and either take it home or put it in their wheelie bin (if I asked).

I would offer them a plastic bag (they can hardly refuse that) and then say "I'll pop that into the wheelie bin for you" until they get the idea and just start doing that themselves.

[boomba]

Sorry i didnt mean to offend anyone, i feel bad now sorry I honestly thought everyone put it in the toilet?

Yeah maybe just have spare bags so they can put it in there, and ask them to out it straight in the wheelie bin?

[fionas]

Complete No Offence Taken Zone here boomba - don't worry. Sorry for the TMI but there are some of DD's poos that I could easily shake into the toilet but most are just way too runny and quite honesty, I don't know how I would get those into the loo without a lot of scraping and faffing around which I'm just not up for.

[Epacris]

Thanks so much girls for your quick and lovely, supportive replies (and especially for the labour vibes too, I'll take as many of them as I can get at the moment).

Just to clarify, putting poo in the wheelie bin is not acceptable either, it is illegal (and disgusting IMO) to put poo in any bin. Poo must be disposed of in the toilet.

Sam - you've absolutely hit the nail on the head for me. The reason why I find it so hard to say anything is because I don't want to come across to my friends as being a holier-than-thou, painfully-self-righteous preacher about it. But, it is really, really important to me. I guess I've just got find the right tone, so I can say what I need to say without coming across as an incredibly annoying d!ckhead.

Fiona - I totally understand about runny soaked in poo, there’s nothing you can do about that. It’s the strip-the-hairs-off-the-inside-of-your-nose toddler poo that I’m most concerned with.

[boomba]

fionas thanks haha I know the ones you mean! I try to get most of it off, but spose its easier with cloth ones? The sposies tend to soak abit of it up hey. The scraping part grosses me out to, actually poo in general grosses me out lol

[Astrolady]

Complete No Offence Taken Zone here boomba - don't worry. Sorry for the TMI but there are some of DD's poos that I could easily shake into the toilet but most are just way too runny and quite honesty, I don't know how I would get those into the loo without a lot of scraping and faffing around which I'm just not up for.

Yep that is the same with Ashton too Fiona. I think he has only done a solid poo once or twice in his life (I need to get that investigated). I am sure my friends wouldn't want me to borrow "something" so I could scrape LOL. I do however have plenty of nappy bags on hand and sometimes even double wrap before placing in the bins outside. I would never put a pooey nappy in a kitchen bin. Gross.

[danniellabella]

I didn't know it was illegal either. is that in all states? We wrap out nappies (wet or dirty) up really tightly, put them in a nappy sack, tie it up really tight and put it in the wheelie-bin. If I'm at someone's house and DD has done a wet nappy I usually just take it with me unless it's a family member's house in which case I ask where the outside bin is and if I can put the nappy (which is in the bag) in the bin.

There is no way I'd ever put a nappy in the kitchen bin, wet or dirty...that just makes the house stink!


In fact, I don't even put my normal rubbish in someone's bin without asking.

[Visitor7]

It actually does say on the packet/box of disposables that you should flush the poo in the toilet.

If a sposie user has a soiled/wet nappy when they're around my house, I offer them a plastic bag and they take it home with them.

[{sarah}]

There should be a big sign on the disopsable boxes saying all poo should go in the toilet!

There is It's not huge, but it is definitely there.

[AndiE]

I had a friend come over and she must have mistaken our recycle bin (in the kitchen) for a kitchen bin, and put her 1-year-old daughter's nappy in there. I didn't see it until after she'd left but I wasn't too impressed. Admittedly I didn't check to see if it was pooey or not (erk ...), I just put it in a nappy bag and put it in the wheelie bin. Maybe I should label our recycle bin to say as much ...

As for me, I always take my DS's dirty nappies home (nappy sacks serve a purpose!).

Andie

[myson]

ok. so i have seen the word illegal flying around all over the place here...

if it is against the law has anyone ever been prosecuted for this? what is the charge? what is the minimum sentence for a guilty verdict? Has anyone been found guilty yet? Is there a person employed to go out to the bins of our country and check out the 'evidence'? does myson have way too much time on her hands?

[Marlene]

if it is against the law has anyone ever been prosecuted for this? what is the charge? what is the minimum sentence for a guilty verdict? Has anyone been found guilty yet? Is there a person employed to go out to the bins of our country and check out the 'evidence'?

I dont think I'll ever be that desperate for work to be the person who has to go into people wheelie bins, open nappies up and check for poo!!