Menstrual Pad disposal at Home - What do you use?

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Anonymous wrote:I always wrap in the plastic wrapper the new pad comes in. Doesn’t everyone so that? You are presumably discarding a used pad/tampon and replacing it with a fresh one, yes?

I use OB tampons so they only have a bit of plastic around them, not enough to wrap the old one in. I use TP.

Same, love OB. If I travel, I do take a few extra biodegradable dog poop bags with me.

Why are you wrapping your tampon? You can just flush it.

Either way this thread is bizarre and I agree with the poster who said most aren’t wearing disposable pads anymore.

No, you most definitely cannot flush tampons, ever. Are you dumb?

NP here. Yes, you can.

Those five years on septic were longest of my life.

Tampons are absolutely flushable, it says so right on the box.

Tampax says you can’t.
https://tampax.com/en-us/about/sustainability/can-you-flush-tampons/

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Wrap thoroughly in TP and place in covered trash can. Trash can uses a small trash bag so we just take out the whole bag with the regular trash. Easy. I’ve never heard of wrapping it in tin foil, that’s weird.

I flush tampons … didn’t know you weren’t supposed to. I wouldn’t if I was on septic though. Tampon applicator and packaging just goes in the bathroom trash too.

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Fold it up soiled side in and wrap with the plastic from the new one or a bit of TP. Use a trash can with a lid and a liner bag. No need to be embarrassed or damage the environment with excess packaging.

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Anonymous wrote:I always wrap in the plastic wrapper the new pad comes in. Doesn’t everyone so that? You are presumably discarding a used pad/tampon and replacing it with a fresh one, yes?

I use OB tampons so they only have a bit of plastic around them, not enough to wrap the old one in. I use TP.

Same, love OB. If I travel, I do take a few extra biodegradable dog poop bags with me.

Why are you wrapping your tampon? You can just flush it.

Either way this thread is bizarre and I agree with the poster who said most aren’t wearing disposable pads anymore.

No, you most definitely cannot flush tampons, ever. Are you dumb?

NP here. Yes, you can.

Those five years on septic were longest of my life.

Tampons are absolutely flushable, it says so right on the box.

Tampax says you can’t.
https://tampax.com/en-us/about/sustainability/can-you-flush-tampons/

Many a household in my neighborhood of 1940s houses have had flooded basements and damaged pipes from their teens or au pairs flushing tampons. If you live in a newer development with newer pipes under the street and have a home built after 1990 or so, maybe you risk it. If not, proceed with caution.

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Anonymous wrote:Toilet paper and make my DH take out the trash. If I have to deal with this crap, so does he.

You are gross and weird!

What is weird? My husband takes out all the trash on a normal schedule.
Sometimes it has menstrual products in it. Considering he has seen me give birth, it’s not particularly embarrassing.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think younger people use pads so I wouldn’t suggest them to a teenager! Cups and menstrual underwear are what most people use. Or tampons.

We always have a covered trash can at home because we have dogs.

I'm steering my daughter away from menstrual underwear until there is more research on what's in the underwear. From what I've read, underwear like thinx are full of PFAS and other toxic chemicals. Definitely a concern for growing bodies. I think it's safer to use pads or tampons. And cups are just gross.

Google menstrual underwear and PFAS. Supposedly there are toxic free alternatives but I don't trust them.

Lol how is a cup grosser than basically wearing a diaper?

Lol for one thing you dont have to stick your fingers up into you and pull out a blood fillled cup and rinse and reuse

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think younger people use pads so I wouldn’t suggest them to a teenager! Cups and menstrual underwear are what most people use. Or tampons.

We always have a covered trash can at home because we have dogs.

My 11 year old only wears Thinx modal boyshorts or Thinx Air. No pads to dispose

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Anonymous wrote:Toilet paper and make my DH take out the trash. If I have to deal with this crap, so does he.

You are gross and weird!

That made me laugh. I imagined myself trying to tell my DH he had to deal with that nasty mess. There is NO WAY.

Wtf. Menstrual blood from your partner is less gross than other things in a bathroom. It's not like he's touching it, just taking out the trash.

Some people on here are so bizarre.

“DH, since I have to bleed, it is your responsibility to take out the bloody trash.” That is a the only bizarre thing here.

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Anonymous wrote:I always wrap in the plastic wrapper the new pad comes in. Doesn’t everyone so that? You are presumably discarding a used pad/tampon and replacing it with a fresh one, yes?

I use OB tampons so they only have a bit of plastic around them, not enough to wrap the old one in. I use TP.

Same, love OB. If I travel, I do take a few extra biodegradable dog poop bags with me.

Why are you wrapping your tampon? You can just flush it.

Either way this thread is bizarre and I agree with the poster who said most aren’t wearing disposable pads anymore.

No, you most definitely cannot flush tampons, ever. Are you dumb?

NP here. Yes, you can.

Those five years on septic were longest of my life.

Tampons are absolutely flushable, it says so right on the box.

People are getting hung up on the word “can.” The technically correct answer is that tampons CAN be flushed but they SHOULDN’T be flushed.

I flushed them from my teens through my 40s. (And we always lived in older homes, plus I’ve lived in several countries and traveled to all kinds of places, and it’s never caused any plumbing problems that I knew about.) But, I learned a few years ago that flushing them is a bad idea because the wastewater systems can’t really handle them. So now I’m trying to get in the wastebasket habit.

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Just throw it away. Like I do with my tampons. Women shouldn’t be shamed for having their periods, especially by other women (and double esp by their mother). Just put it in the trash. The rest of the world can deal.

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Maybe op’s family had dogs and the foil prevented the dogs from eating the dirty pads.

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I cradle each used pad or tampon in a melange of potpourri inside a sheet of Bloomin Paper, tie the package shut with raffia ribbon, and then gently place it in a trash receptacle while meditating on my strength as a woman.

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Anonymous wrote:Never heard of this. Always just wrapped in toilet paper or tissue and empty bathroom trash outdoor at least daily.

This.

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WHY are people wrapping in TP or tissue is my burning question lol
I really need to know

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Anonymous wrote:WHY are people wrapping in TP or tissue is my burning question lol
I really need to know

In my case, we dump the trash into a larger bag rather than replace the smaller bag all the time. If you don't wrap, the pad sticks to the bag or smears blood everywhere.