Guest Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 Sorry to ask but ....my new setting disposes children's soiled nappies in their big-skip-type wheelie bin (small village hall setting): The last three nurseries I've worked in have always sent soiled nappies home with parents because we never had proper disposable bins - have things changed? My staff looked at me like I was a loony !
AnonyMouse_14688 Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) Hi We are in a village hall setting and have always sent nappies home. No other means of disposal! Joanne Edited September 10, 2013 by Joanne123
AnonyMouse_19782 Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 We don't have that many to be honest, I don't send them home, but I wouldn't put them in the Hall's wheelie bin either, I go via our local Tesco's and dispose of them in their baby changing area bin. 1
AnonyMouse_3139 Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 We send them home I think. Maybe I should find out!
AnonyMouse_33773 Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 Another nappy topic I'm apparently ignorant about. Are wheelie bins not OK?! No one has ever told me they're not... 1
AnonyMouse_1469 Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 I used to send them home, but then we were given a wheelie bin, so they go in there with the general rubbish 1
AnonyMouse_11396 Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 Ours go into an industrial style wheelie bin that is at our village hall. But to honest have very few really.
AnonyMouse_35605 Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 I think it may be illegal for a business to dispose of human waste in a normal bin but not sure where I heard that.
Guest Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 Thanks ...I think! I've opened a can of worms - sorry...ours us an industrial style wheelie bin - I may leave it as it is ?
Guest sn0wdr0p Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 Yes I think it is illegal. We have to specify to our local authority what waste goes in our wheelie bin and human waste is not allowed. The company who sorts our sanitary bins (Professional Washrooms) provided us with a yellow wheelie bin and sacks which they collect and we are charged for how many bags they take. (We put nappies in nappy bags first but gosh it gets pretty whiffy)
AnonyMouse_33773 Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 Possibly there are different rules within different local authorities. Surely families put their nappies in ordinary bins... 1
AnonyMouse_8466 Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 We always disposed of nappies in nappy sacks and then into the village hall's wheelie bin. Families do dispose of their nappies in their bins, but I guess if there is a difference it is in the potential number of nappies a nursery setting might dispose of daily. If in doubt, contact your Local Authority and/or Environmental Health Officer. As Wildflower says, maybe there are differences around the LAs.
AnonyMouse_39602 Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 we dispose of ours but our toddler mums take theirs home - it is recommended for business to dispose of them correctly but I think this is for large nurseries with an awful lot of nappies - as a village hall ( charity) we have to pay for our rubbish to be taken away - it went from £40 per year to £190 - we have one domestic household size wheelie bin so sorry as far as we concerned we are going to make the most of it - domestic households use them for nappies . It is similar to the fact that if you have any blood stained items(plasters etc) they should be disposed of in an appropriate bin too and disposed of differently,but tell me how many of us would have that many we could warrant having one of these. H & S overboard - it has to be relevant to size of setting etc and as long as wrapped appropriately and disposed of sensibly - i think that is enough - oops sounded like a bit of a rant there 1
AnonyMouse_64 Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 In order to assist producers and those collecting the waste in meeting the requirements of the duty of care, it is considered appropriate to package human hygiene waste separately from other waste streams, where the premises generate more than one standard bag/container of this waste, over a normal collection interval. Found in this document. 1
AnonyMouse_19762 Posted September 11, 2013 Posted September 11, 2013 Thanks for that Beau! :1b GlamC - I do lurve a 'stooopid question' - we all have them from time to time! and they are really not 'stupid' at all :1b I do know that we have discussed this before - I can remember imagining Panders nipping into Tesco every evening with her little bags of 'poo' :blink: We 'double bag' and send home - but actually I would feel perfectly happy adding them to general waste as we are such a small group :1b I need to whisper this bit.......we haven't got any children in nappies at the mo :rolleyes: That will change, I think, after half term - the newbies then might be in nappies :1b 1
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