what do you do?? (way way way TMI)

[Sunny Love]

God, how embarrassing for you! I flushed too. I dont use them anymore, but when I did I never understoond how (in your own or someone else's house) you're supposed to walk out of the toilet with one wrapped up without anyone noticing. I personally would like to try these menstrual cups (if I have the balls to insert one!) for this particular reason.
Stoopid tampons!
ps. I know Captain Planet hates me for flushing

[AmandaJ]

My dad is a plumber and that's the first thing I was taught, do not flush tampons. It's amazing how many times he had to use the snake to unclog toilets and they were nearly the number 1 reason for blockages.

[Artechim]

I always flushed. It never occurred to me to put a bin in the toilet - wouldn't that get smelly very quickly?

[Astrid]

Nappy sacks can be handy for disposing pads and tampons if concerned about smell. I have a heap left over from the girls. I always make sure I have one with any change of pad/tampon.

You just clean out the bin more frequently during that time.

[sas85]

Wrap & throw. It's been years since I read the instructions - but I'm pretty sure they tell you right there that they can not be flushed.

[AndiE]

I was a flusher when I was really young (around the same time the dinosaurs became extinct but the state of the environment didn't seem to concern anyone but the "raging Greenies").
I've been a converted wrap and throw girl for many years since.

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Wow - my mother always told me to flush. Seeing tampons on the beach that have gone through the system, come out and come to shore is quite normal - although I wish it weren't! Friends have commented on it, but no-one has commented that they shouldn't be flushed.

However, I'm a cup girl now so it isn't an issue and hasn't been for years.

[Cassius2]

I'm a thrower. I remember as a teen my mum blocking my grandparents plumbing with a tampon and the shame of it etched in my brain forever bahahaha!