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.

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.

+1 same

But it grossed me out so much I buckled up and made the switch to reusable cup & disc and it's amazing. Never going back. Still use a pad as back up on my heavy day but it never gets full of blood.

How do you disenfect your hands in a public restroom before putting them in yourself?

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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.

+1 same

But it grossed me out so much I buckled up and made the switch to reusable cup & disc and it's amazing. Never going back. Still use a pad as back up on my heavy day but it never gets full of blood.

How do you disenfect your hands in a public restroom before putting them in yourself?

My cup is big enough to last the whole day for all but one day of my period.

I have.only done it once but basically washed my hands before going into the restroom, used my other hand to open and lock the door to the stalk and take of pants, then pulled it out and wiped it off with toilet paper. But I just got the disc and it auto dumps which may make it possible to last the whole day. Still figuring things out.

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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.

I’m a husband who takes out the trash. Each trash can has its own individual plastic bag. So I can seal up each one and collect all of them into a single trash bag that goes in the outside bin. Usually, my wife will have already sealed up the bag with her pads in it anyway. If she has the attitude you have, I’d take her out with the trash quick.

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When I used pads, I just wrapped in the wrapping that the new pad came in. I use tampons now, which are discreetly wrapped in TP.

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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.

I’m a husband who takes out the trash. Each trash can has its own individual plastic bag. So I can seal up each one and collect all of them into a single trash bag that goes in the outside bin. Usually, my wife will have already sealed up the bag with her pads in it anyway. If she has the attitude you have, I’d take her out with the trash quick.

Isn’t this how everyone does garbage? The bathroom trash has its own bag and you tie it up and throw it in the bigger garbage/outside. I have no idea why this would gross anyone out, man or woman.

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

To use some discretion. No one wants to see a blood soaked tampon laying on top of the garbage. Just wrap it in tp and toss in garbage.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. Thank you all. For those asking as I use BC and with a thyroid issue, I do not have periods as an adult.

For the MIL story, I traveled with her as a teenager and as I had left two tampons in once for a long tome post period ending ( no tss thankfully) I was solely using pads and at her home she used their paper bag system.

Well you managed to reproduce so at some point you got a period in your adult life. I really cannot believe you got through adulthood not knowing you can just wrap it in tp and throw away.

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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.

I’m a husband who takes out the trash. Each trash can has its own individual plastic bag. So I can seal up each one and collect all of them into a single trash bag that goes in the outside bin. Usually, my wife will have already sealed up the bag with her pads in it anyway. If she has the attitude you have, I’d take her out with the trash quick.

Isn’t this how everyone does garbage? The bathroom trash has its own bag and you tie it up and throw it in the bigger garbage/outside. I have no idea why this would gross anyone out, man or woman.

That’s not what I do. That’s a lot of extra plastic going into the environment. Each bathroom trash can has a plastic bag in it, but we empty the bathroom trash cans into the kitchen trash can and leave the same bags inside the bathroom trash cans. Even so, we’re not sticking our hands in the trash, we’re just pouring it from one receptacle into another.

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The best thing is the TP inner tube roll. Save your TP and paper towel tubes.

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I am wondering if I should share the funny story about the evening our dog found somethings in the bathroom trash can and proceeded to chew and rip them to shreds in the living room when we had guests over for dinner. Hilarious!

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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.

I’m a husband who takes out the trash. Each trash can has its own individual plastic bag. So I can seal up each one and collect all of them into a single trash bag that goes in the outside bin. Usually, my wife will have already sealed up the bag with her pads in it anyway. If she has the attitude you have, I’d take her out with the trash quick.

Isn’t this how everyone does garbage? The bathroom trash has its own bag and you tie it up and throw it in the bigger garbage/outside. I have no idea why this would gross anyone out, man or woman.

That’s not what I do. That’s a lot of extra plastic going into the environment. Each bathroom trash can has a plastic bag in it, but we empty the bathroom trash cans into the kitchen trash can and leave the same bags inside the bathroom trash cans. Even so, we’re not sticking our hands in the trash, we’re just pouring it from one receptacle into another.

That’s gross. Reusing dirty bathroom trash bags over and over? Yuck

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Anonymous wrote:I am wondering if I should share the funny story about the evening our dog found somethings in the bathroom trash can and proceeded to chew and rip them to shreds in the living room when we had guests over for dinner. Hilarious!

Bathroom trash with a lid for you!

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. Thank you all. For those asking as I use BC and with a thyroid issue, I do not have periods as an adult.

For the MIL story, I traveled with her as a teenager and as I had left two tampons in once for a long tome post period ending ( no tss thankfully) I was solely using pads and at her home she used their paper bag system.

But what about the foil!?!?! What was the reasoning behind that? Did your mom keep foil in the bathroom??

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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.

+1

As long as the toilet is strong you can flush everything, tampon, wrapper, and plastic applicator. There’s literally no reason to throw it in the trash unless the toilet is weak or you’re on septic. I’ve been doing it for 15 years, and taught my daughter to do the same.

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

+1

As long as the toilet is strong you can flush everything, tampon, wrapper, and plastic applicator. There’s literally no reason to throw it in the trash unless the toilet is weak or you’re on septic. I’ve been doing it for 15 years, and taught my daughter to do the same.

NO you should not flush them, ever, septic or not. Please educate yourself and your poor daughter. Google it for yourself. There is article after article stating not to flush them as well as the instructions from every tampon company to NOT FLUSH

https://www.insider.com/should-you-throw-away-or-flush-used-tampons-debate-continues-2022-1?amp