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

[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.

[Jakabella]

O used to flush till my drains blocked and I could see him pull out a tampon!! I was mortified so I never fo it now!

[glenny_c]

Always thrown. W have a little bin in the toilet and I've never noticed it getting smelly, I just empty it more often. Also I've never had a problem walking out of the toilet and throwing it discretely.

[Jennifer13]

Always wrapped and threw them out. And you just found out the hard way why you shouldn't flush them!

I should add - if you live in a rental property and you flush tampons and the drains become blocked from them, you will likely be required to pay for the plumber.

[TeniBear]

Goodness, I didn't know anyone actually flushed them! I seriously thought everyone knew not to and they only put the warning on the packet because they legally had to, like a "this product contains nuts" thing on a pack of peanuts

Tampons are easy to conceal and take to the bin wrapped in loo paper. Pads I wrap in paper and stuff into an empty roll


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[OceanPrincess]

I've always flushed. Now I feel terrible... Maybe I'll start throwing now... Don't want to block my loo!! Eek!

Not pads, I don't flush them...

[~me~]

I wrap in toilet paper and put in the bin. I used to live in a house that had a septic tank so you couldn't flush them, it's just stuck in my head.
I also have a box of sanitary bags in my bathroom that I can put liners/tampons in and knot up so no odour problem or little people problem who may have a habit of going through the bin. They are like nappy bags, only smaller.

[CrazyLady]

I throw. I went to an all girls highschool and the main reason the toilets blocked up are because of tampons so we were always told to throw

likewise, the principle even made a note at assembly quite a few times because she was sick of the plumbing bills. They actually expand really huge when they get wet so I could imagine if they expand not in the main toilet pipe but further down then they'd cause massive issues.

The people that cleaned our house through the real estate agent flushed chux cloths down the loo and caused the granny flat shower to overflow with ****. My external laundry smelt like a sewerage farm for days because of the backlog in the pipes

[Aimee89]

I used to flush, but now I wrap them in toilet paper, put them in a plastic nappy bag and out into the big bin.

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[Mum2twoBoys]

I was a flusher, never knew it too. Guess thats what happens when you dont start af til later in life, people forget to tell you these things. better start wrapping and binning when af starts back again, i too dont want a blocked loo, how embarassing.

[anney]

My BFF was in a family of 4 girls and a plumber father so I learnt from them definitely NO flushing. we have had to get a plumber to put the "snake" down our pipes recently as they have tree roots in them. So the toilet paper gets caught in the tree roots and everything "backs up" gross - had to give DD a lecture about using too much toilet paper!

[Phteven]

Wrap and bin.

[ellasmummy]

Eeek I have always flushed. Haven't had AF for over a year, but when she returns I better start wrapping and throwing I don't want the toily blocking!!

[Teeki]

My BFF was in a family of 4 girls and a plumber father so I learnt from them definitely NO flushing. we have had to get a plumber to put the "snake" down our pipes recently as they have tree roots in them. So the toilet paper gets caught in the tree roots and everything "backs up" gross - had to give DD a lecture about using too much toilet paper!

We had that too, the tree root problem. Was really not fun!

I wrap and chuck, it never even occurred to me to flush them. A girl at work though, blocked our loo twice by flushing tampons. I don't know why she didn't get it the first time, but it was very frustrating seeing as there's only one toilet there!

[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.