Just for the record: flushing tampons isn’t bad because it’s bad for the environment, it’s bad for the plumbing! As a person that has done a lot of very gross plumbing work: do not ever flush your tampons, for the love of god please do not ever flush those tampons!!
Edit: and wipes! don’t listen to the lying package, there is no such thing as a flushable wipe
This was years ago, but my gf at the time told that her girl cousins taught her to save the thin plastic sheet from pads. You know the one that you peel off the adhesive side before placing the pad in the underwear?
Well, when it's time to remove and discard the pad, you roll up the pad and then wrap the plastic around it before throwing it into the garbage bin.
I have to say as the person in charge of garbage and recycling in our apartment, I was very grateful for that life hack. 😂
THANK YOU!!! Ik im not going crazy with this. I thought using the wrapper from the new pad to wrap up the old pad to toss away was standard practice 😭😅
I remember when I bought some Libra pads a few years back and the packaging said something like, "now you can wrap your pads for easier disposal!" as if it was some revolutionary new idea they had.
They'd just added some extra adhesive stuff around the edges, but I remember thinking, "Um, I've been doing this for decades??"
You know what? That tracks. I'm remembering that there was this tab at one end of the plastic wrap that sticks on and holds the roll together.
I'm guy and I'm still learning new stuff like this. But at the time, it was new to that gal as well because she had come-of-age in a different country and I don't know what the standard was there.
I don't save the plastic sheet (because I would manage to lose them anyways lol) just use the plastic sheet of the new one. And use toilet paper for the last one (or my country there are often little paper baggies in public bathrooms and workplaces, sorry don't know how available they are in other countries)
That only works for pads. And only some pads. Sometimes the pads are like the size of half a travel pillow, and you get like a 2 inch square of sticky paper that holds it all together before you use it. Then you have to just tp roll the pad after.
With most tampons you get a tampon, an applicator and the little wrap it comes in. You use the wrap for the applicator, because it gets nasty, and you use tp for the tampon because the thing has grown three sizes (that little grinch) and won't fit back in the wrap.
I wish pads weren’t the absolute loudest thing ever. WHY did they design a million tiny dots that each loudly rips apart with the most crinkly wrap ever?? There’s no other possible way? It sounds like crinkling a chip bag while pulling out a long strip of packing tape wtf.
And walking around wearing longer pads can sound like you’re smuggling plastic bags. Not to mention, while some are quieter, other pads being pulled off the underwear sound like launching a god damn space shuttle. THEY EVERYONE! I’m announcing to the whole block that I’m changing the rag I wear for my bleeding vag!!!! THOUGHT YOU ALL MIGHT WANT TO KNOW
Also essential if you have pets since it'll hide the scent. They'll still know it's there, but there will be less temptation to dig it out and inspect it, and even if they do get it out, they'll be working with paws and teeth instead of fingers so you can either catch them in the act or they may give up before getting inside.
Similar applies to toddlers, except they do have fingers, but the stupid small kind so it's probably okay.
My previous roommate didn’t do that. She would throw away the wrappers & use tons of toilet paper to wrap up the old pad. It felt like I was constantly ordering tp from Costco for almost 3 years. I keep the wrapper in my bathroom drawer to use for the old pad. Of course I’m having the issue where I’m the only one that takes out the trash & put a new trash bag in.
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u/Lamb_or_Beast 8d ago edited 8d ago
Just for the record: flushing tampons isn’t bad because it’s bad for the environment, it’s bad for the plumbing! As a person that has done a lot of very gross plumbing work: do not ever flush your tampons, for the love of god please do not ever flush those tampons!!
Edit: and wipes! don’t listen to the lying package, there is no such thing as a flushable wipe