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

[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

[Je$$_84]

ops After 2 kids you think i would have found out that it was Ilegal... Had no idea... I do put solid ones in the loo as i hate the smell in the bin but runny stuck to the sposie ones i just roll and put in the smelly bags tie them up and chuck them in the Otto... I NEVER put them in friends bins... I always take them with me.

Most of the women i know use sposies. I guess if i had known this i would have just used MCN's... Will make more of an effort to dispose of poops more carefully in future. I think people need to be more informed... I have never noticed on the sposie box or the nappy sacks that poop needs to be in the toilet...

Please excuse my ignorance...

[SamiH]

I'll just add a little comment ...

with new bubbies and their runny and explosive! b/f poo's - impossible to put into the toilet if using disposables - but I would never put into a friends bin, always bag it and ask where their outside bin is ....

[ShootingStar]

I put ours in plastic bags and run them out to the bin when theres a pooey one. Id be the same.. eew! But i would make a joke of it and say gaawwwwd what did your kid eat! (as a joke) and say might be best to put those types in a bag before it goes in the bin otherwise we're gonna get stunk out.

[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.

[AliBaby]

I had no idea about this law either but I do have one thing to say about the poo in the wheelie bin law...
why is that councils make you pick up dog poop in aplastic bag and then put it in the bin? All this rubbish goes to the dump along with household rubbish. Poop is poop so what is the difference between the 2?

Anyway that is just my opinion and everyone is entitled to there own.

Also I do think its wrong for guests to put their kids pooey nappies in your kitchen bin

And I also thave had my recycle bin audited (if thats what they call it). I had a plastic bag full of bottles in there but just got a sticker on my bin saying please take the plastic bag out of the recycle bin.

[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.

[danniellabella]

I just went to my local council's website to find out more about disposing of nappies and they say that nappies can go in the normal rubbish bin (and dont' say anything about getting rid of faecal matter). Perhaps it's only illegal in some states?

[Kazbah]

some councils do random audits on bins, and will fine people who dispose of human waste innapropriately.

I think its horrid, I'm so glad we use cloth now, even though I've always flushed poo, the bin doesn't have the stench of urine or faeces any more.

We compost our dog & cat poo

[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.