Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What other PLASTIC product would you flash down the toilet?

NO, stop doing this. Our oceans are full of plastics, which are killing sealife and getting into the humans that consume that sealife.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/from-fish-to-humans-a-microplastic-invasion-may-be-taking-a-toll/

Umm, solid waste in the sewage doesn't end up in the ocean. Do you know how the sewage system works?

Anonymous wrote:Why don’t you just use tissues? It’s safer and better!

Anonymous wrote:I was taught (by my mom) to flush the applicator, but that's back when they were made of flimsy cardboard that would at least theoretically disintegrate in water. When I switched to a plastic applicator, I for sure put the applicator in the trash! Same with the wrapper - it used to be light paper that would immediately fall apart in water, now it's that shiny stuff I would never flush.

I will say that I flush the actual used tampon, and no one is going to get me to stop. I would never routinely put a used tampon in a trash can, that's disgusting, and I have a high bar for disgust. I will put it in a trash can if there is one of those signs saying "no feminine hygiene products in the toilet" - I figure those places have crappy systems.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was taught (by my mom) to flush the applicator, but that's back when they were made of flimsy cardboard that would at least theoretically disintegrate in water. When I switched to a plastic applicator, I for sure put the applicator in the trash! Same with the wrapper - it used to be light paper that would immediately fall apart in water, now it's that shiny stuff I would never flush.

I will say that I flush the actual used tampon, and no one is going to get me to stop. I would never routinely put a used tampon in a trash can, that's disgusting, and I have a high bar for disgust. I will put it in a trash can if there is one of those signs saying "no feminine hygiene products in the toilet" - I figure those places have crappy systems.

If you want to flush tampons at your own house (as a homeowner), then fine. But don't ever, ever do so at anyone else's house, or property if you are a renter.

At home I put everything in the garbage. At work, I flush everything. I hate my boss and she owns the property, so it’s the little things

Anonymous wrote:What other PLASTIC product would you flash down the toilet?

NO, stop doing this. Our oceans are full of plastics, which are killing sealife and getting into the humans that consume that sealife.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/from-fish-to-humans-a-microplastic-invasion-may-be-taking-a-toll/

Anonymous wrote:OP this is seriously bad and you're only going to screw yourself when you clog your pipes. No one flushes plastic applicators no.

Although I don't know why every thread on this always has cup proselytizers. I finally tried a few of those and ended up, four months later, miserable, stressed, having had three yeast infections (and I NEVER get yeast infections) and a sore vajine and going back to tampons with relief.

Anonymous wrote:Why don’t you just use tissues? It’s safer and better!

Anonymous wrote:I actually flushed tampons themselves for several years because I genuinely didn’t realize you weren’t supposed to flush them for some reason.

But flushing plastic applicators and wrappers?? That’s straight up flushing garbage. And how is it easier?? The trash is right there!

Anonymous wrote:I was taught (by my mom) to flush the applicator, but that's back when they were made of flimsy cardboard that would at least theoretically disintegrate in water. When I switched to a plastic applicator, I for sure put the applicator in the trash! Same with the wrapper - it used to be light paper that would immediately fall apart in water, now it's that shiny stuff I would never flush.

I will say that I flush the actual used tampon, and no one is going to get me to stop. I would never routinely put a used tampon in a trash can, that's disgusting, and I have a high bar for disgust. I will put it in a trash can if there is one of those signs saying "no feminine hygiene products in the toilet" - I figure those places have crappy systems.