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Those things are supposedly hell on every septic, and even (older?) sewer, system.


You can put them in the trash.


If you had poo on your butt, would you wipe it off with toilet paper and throw it in the trash?

No because it would stink up the place and someone can touch your poo while taking out the trash


> No because it would stink up the place and someone can touch your poo while taking out the trash

How about menstruation pads? Are you afraid to touch those as well when you take out the trash? Because what you said is true for anything which resides in a trash bin or compost bin. Heck, my plastic bin sometimes smells like rotten fish. It is disgusting. But that's what you get when you eat fish.


Yes. I've spent time in countries with poor plumbing systems and picked up the habit. I've found that it does not stink up the trash since it dries quickly. Additionally, if you put the poo side down it all stacks up in the bin until you take it out. Since I started doing this at home I have not had to unclog a toilet.


How do you get them from the stall to the trash?


Women's bathrooms have trash cans in the cubicle.


Mind. blown.


Unisex bathrooms do as well.


you bundle it like a paper basketball and shoot it from the stall.


Boy was my aim way off! Will have to put some more work in on my sky-hook.


You must be talking about a public toilet? I think most "normal" or home toilet routines go out the window when using a public restroom.


I don't think throwing them out of the window is the answer either.


And then there is the mountain-climbing poo experience... I would guess that eventually (when the plastic degrades) there is some rather lush, fertile groundscaping at the foot of some of those places.

I have raised chickens, after a year or so to "cook" (I am a low-intensity composter) we end up with some pretty rich compost.


probably less so than tampons though, but that doesn't make it right I guess.




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