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

[Bathsheba]

Yep, this is a major reason why I try to use my cloth nappies as much as possible... the idea of putting poo (tonnes of it when you consider most people do it) in the ground ie water table is very disturbing. Sewage needs to be treated to stop disease. Now I'm just as guilty as the next person in putting a certain ammount of poo (soaked in poo in sposies) in the wheelie bin. There's not alot you can do with a sposie... you can't rinse and wring it out. Even my toddler still does the 'soaking in' type poo (still BF and teething).

The reason it's illegal is because it's a health hazard. Pooey nappies sitting in a wheelie bin for a week attract flies... the poo will be growing all manner of germs... how easy for a fly to land on a bin with an open lid... crawl into and over the pooey nappy... then fly back into your house and land on your dinner... yummo... and here's some gastro germs for you too.

Pooey sposies that you can't tip into the toilet should be individually tied up in a separate plastic bag.... where it will fester for the next how-many-hundred years in landfill that will eventually become a new housing estate and then all the accumulated methane will create a situation like the one here in Melbourne's outter East. (My guilt trip as much as anyones).

ETA: we take sposie nappies directly to the wheelie bin. If the family use sposies too we do the same as what they do... and that is never putting them into the kitchen bin... yukko. But with "taking pooey ones home" it's a bit tricky when you are staying overnight? What would be the protocol then?

[agadoo]

i clicked on this thread because i wanted to find out what a 'sposie' was
you leran something new every day! i also didn't know it was illegal to put poo in bins...but everyone is talking about putting pooey nappies in plastic bags in the wheelie bin, so is that illegal too?
what about those nappy disposal units you can buy, where they wrap each nappy up in a bit of plastic so you don't get the festy smell, and then you put that in the bin, are they illegal too?

[Salsa]

Dunno, but I hate the idea of encasing it forever in a neat little fragranced bag. We use a zip lock bag or whatever that can be emptied and sorted out later and the bag reused.

[Epacris]

everyone is talking about putting pooey nappies in plastic bags in the wheelie bin, so is that illegal too?
what about those nappy disposal units you can buy, where they wrap each nappy up in a bit of plastic so you don't get the festy smell, and then you put that in the bin, are they illegal too?

Yes, putting poo in the bin is illegal. Poo must be disposed of in the toilet (sewage system).

[Sammiejane]

Oh Man, thats the height of bad manners!!!

All my friends are sposie users and not one has EVER put a nappy in my kitchen bin, most take their nappies home with them, but some if they are staying a while will ask 'where can i put this'.

I know what you mean about holier than thou, but honestly would they put poo in their own kitchen bin, do they have toddlers or crawlers that could access their bin... YUCK its disgusting.

When MJ is in bed i am going to try and find some info about poo in the bins...

[Lulu]

I spose its better than them putting it in your dessert

[boomba]

I spose its better than them putting it in your dessert

omg isnt!