Use bread bags for diaper disposal

Nicole says:

I use old bread bags for putting dirty diapers in. They're the perfect size.

I used to use (note past tense! HOORAY!) the plastic bags that covered my morning newspaper.

Related: Diaper pail management

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[Susanne]

We used the newspaper bags for diapers, too, esp. when traveling. We're now out of diapers and on to a dog. When we take her out we tie a newspaper bag to the handle of the leash, for easy puppy poop pickup.

[Erin - ExpectingExecutive.com]

We recycle grocery bags by disposing of nasty diapers and pug poop in them.

Something to like about plasic vs. paper eh?

Have a great weekend!

Erin
www.ExpectingExecutive.com

[InTheFastLane]

We use the newspaper bags and plastic grocery bags for diapers and dog do. Ever since I broke our diaper champ it has just been easier (and less smelly) to immediately bag up poopy diapers and put them in the large trash cans in the garage. Just wet ones can go in the kitchen trash, it goes out ever other day and there is plenty of stuff that smells worse in there.

[cabbey]

Erin, that's technically "downcycling" not "recycling", and it's a pretty sad use of a plastic bag. There's thin film plastic bag recycling pretty much everywhere these days, and the bags can actually be *upcycled* that is, made into a material that's MORE usefull/valuable than the bag was, rather than sent to a landfill containing a small amount of dog poo. You can look up places that accept plastic bags for recycling here: http://www.plasticbagrecycling.org/01.0/

[marykz]

we used these bags to cover our child's cast this summer. When she broke it in July, the doc said "no baths, swimming, sandboxes..." well... that wasn't going to wash... so we took a bread bag or newspaper bag, slid it over the fiberglass cast, used a (loose-ish) rubber band at the top, and she was ready to play in the sandbox, get a quick bath, or do a messy craft.

Still no swimming, but some fun was better than none. And if they got a hole, or dirty, etc they went off to be recycled at the local collection place.

Common sense caveat: don't use a tight rubber band- it isn't meant to be water proof, just splash resistant. and check the bag for holes before using.... (a little package tape fixes everything.)

[Sandy]

We always had the brown paper sandwich bags handy... next to the pad of the changing table, in the diaper bag, in the car trunk, in the diaper bag, in the laptop bag... We bought the Safeway ones which are cheaper and come in 100 to a pack. We also used the same paper bags when we opened a bag of snacks or crackers. And yes, the little guy is potty trained (know exactly how Asha feels) but I still carry an extra set of underwear & shorts in a paper bag for those accidents, and then use the same bag for the soiled underwear. The pajama bottoms are great for extras as they fold up compactly.