This is nasty! Of couse I flush tampons. Anything else is just plain gross. Those trash cans and signs in public restrooms are for pads and aplicators/wrapers.

Grody, grody, GRODY!

I recycle, I break for animals, buy girl scout cookies...sorry, Mother Earth, my tampons are swimming with the fishes!

Anonymous wrote:I flush, so does my mom and sister. We grew up in a house with WORST plumbing ever. It was a well system, with horrible water pressure.

And lo and behold, we never had a toilet clog because of tampons.

As for sewage treatment workers having to fish them out, well, I don't see that as different from trash collectors having to throw them in a landfill. It's what they do for a living. And in the big scheme of things, I doubt that tampons are that big of a deal compared to everything else that ends up down there.

Whatever. I'm going to keep flushing, because it's JUST PLAIN NASTY to put used tampons in the trash.

Me too - old house, three women flushing, never had a problem.

Tampons aren't made of kryptonite so I think they are ultimately, bio degradeable.

I also thought trash cans were for pads.

And the stuff that gets flushed, inc. condoms, I can only imagine. I am not too worried about cotton tampons. And isn't the whole filtering process for sewage largely automated? It's not like there's a worker in rubber pants with a net fishing tampons out of sewage ponds.... is it?

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Anonymous wrote:22:13 - I'm a flusher and as equally shocked at the numbers of people who put their nasty, used tampons in the trash!
Those too end up in a landfill. No different than going into the sewer IMHO.

They end up in the same place but you could clog up the pipes if you flush.

Oh please I haven't heard about any big plumbing issues in my neighborhood. I use the bio kind, flush and have never had a clogged toilet. I guess we''ll soon see this debate on a Dateline investigation. Give me a break!

We had a plumbing issue because the previous owner of our house apparently flushed tampons for many years. Shortly after we bought our house, both of our upstairs toilets periodically backed up into our bathtubs. Disgusting. When a plumber sent a snake with a camera on it down the toilet, there was a huge clog in a pipe that was shared by both toilets. There must have been a rough patch on the pipe because the plumber brought up a massive wad of wound up tampon strings that had gotten caught in the pipe. Absolutely disgusting. The previous owner kept flushing her tampons and they apparently got caught up in this area and eventually disintegrated, but the strings just kept building up until it blocked the pipe. Cleared out the strings and no more issues. Likely kind of a freak occurrence. Still, I've always thrown away tampons anyway, but I definitely do now.

By the way, if you read the package it will tell you if it's flushable or not, like the baby wipes.

There's no magic trick. You wrap them in the plastic of the next one and some TP around it, exactly like you do with the pads.

It's not disgusting, it doesn't smell, you save water and overall it's the proper way to dispose of it.

Anonymous wrote:Immediate pp here. Sorry about the horrible grammar in my post.

No need to apologize. We know what you meant. Only a loser would... oh, wait, sorry grammar police patrol might issue a citation.

Anonymous wrote:Immediate pp here. Sorry about the horrible grammar in my post.

Aah! Cross-posted. I meant that I am 22:34.

Immediate pp here. Sorry about the horrible grammar in my post.

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe these many women are so ignorant about how to handle their own hygienic routine.

You don't even know how a tampon works!!!

OMG! Why do you think every single public restroom has a little trash can with a paper bag inside? Why do you think there are signs telling you to dispose of your hygienic products in there?

I always thought the trash can was for pads... Seriously, I'm with the poster who always thought that tampons were biodegradable - and that it seems gross to me to throw them in the trash can. Don't they smell??

I flush, so does my mom and sister. We grew up in a house with WORST plumbing ever. It was a well system, with horrible water pressure.

And lo and behold, we never had a toilet clog because of tampons.

As for sewage treatment workers having to fish them out, well, I don't see that as different from trash collectors having to throw them in a landfill. It's what they do for a living. And in the big scheme of things, I doubt that tampons are that big of a deal compared to everything else that ends up down there.

Whatever. I'm going to keep flushing, because it's JUST PLAIN NASTY to put used tampons in the trash.

I can't believe these many women are so ignorant about how to handle their own hygienic routine.

You don't even know how a tampon works!!!

OMG! Why do you think every single public restroom has a little trash can with a paper bag inside? Why do you think there are signs telling you to dispose of your hygienic products in there?

Anonymous wrote:No really. What is a diva cup and why have I never heard of it?

It's a silicone cup that sits up near your cervix and collects menstrual blood. You fold it to insert, then it pops open once inside. As needed, remove and rinse. Frequency will depend on your flow. For me, I can insert in the morning and not need to empty until I get home from work, so I never need to deal with it in public restrooms.
There's a natural rubber version called the Keeper. Some people like it better because it's softer than the silicone Diva.
Takes some getting used to, but after 10 years I would never go back to tampons. Much more comfortable. Also cheaper in the long run.

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Anonymous wrote:22:13 - I'm a flusher and as equally shocked at the numbers of people who put their nasty, used tampons in the trash!
Those too end up in a landfill. No different than going into the sewer IMHO.

They end up in the same place but you could clog up the pipes if you flush.

Oh please I haven't heard about any big plumbing issues in my neighborhood. I use the bio kind, flush and have never had a clogged toilet. I guess we''ll soon see this debate on a Dateline investigation. Give me a break!

Anonymous wrote:22:13 - I'm a flusher and as equally shocked at the numbers of people who put their nasty, used tampons in the trash!
Those too end up in a landfill. No different than going into the sewer IMHO.

They end up in the same place but you could clog up the pipes if you flush.

22:13 - I'm a flusher and as equally shocked at the numbers of people who put their nasty, used tampons in the trash!
Those too end up in a landfill. No different than going into the sewer IMHO.