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BurntCaregiver: "Along those lines of thinking, does this mean that no one living in the town can have cats (because the litter box has to be emptied), dogs (their poop has to be bagged and thrown away), or babies (they're in diapers)? I hardly think that pet owners store their pets' waste and bring it to the city dump. Or that parents save their baby's dirty diapers and do the same."

Yes! How can dirty diapers and pet poop be allowed? Are there pets or babies in any of the other rentals this landlord has?

This seems to be discrimination on the basis of disability.
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JColl7 Mar 2023
I get the impression the writer is referring to “liquid” waste as well as solid in the bag. That’s a big difference. Kitty litter clumps
up and doggie bags are just solid, no chance of liquid leaking out onto workers, trucks etc. Just empty the potty into the toilet and flush. Easy peasy.
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The apparent double standard of allowing baby diapers/animal waste, in the trash is perplexing. Quite possibly it may be that the bagged adult waste is more detectable by the workers who have to pick it up, so they tell the Department of Sanitation. Emptying the commode into the flushing toilet is the immediate remedy, despite its crossing of the boundary of esthetic sensibility. Saying this as a caregiver.
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Can you call a plumber or contractor and have a small flush toilet installed in her bedroom? Add a bidet and auto-flush and you are good to go.
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michelle7728 Mar 2023
If your suggestion was serious about installing a flush toilet in her room, other than being outrageously expensive, I'm sure there are city/county codes that say it has to be in a separate room with tile on a floor and a sink.
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I do not like the disposable diapers, either.
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Interesting question and answers. If human waste is forbidden in landfills, then what about millions of dog poop bags that are tossed in public trash cans daily?
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To be honest, I always tried to clean as much off as I could from the baby diaper into the toilet. I had a Genie so they got wrapped up.

I never understood those bags. Just empty the bucket in your toilet and flush. Rinse the bucket well and like said put some water in it. I would use Clorox wipes to wash it out.
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sunnydayclouds Mar 2023
That’s what I did.
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No, no, no and no. You do not put human excrement in bags in the garbage. I know it seems a moot point, as the baby diapers full of poop and pee that we throw out daily must go to the billions. Nevertheless, this is a no no by any rules.

So no bag. Plastic is the dickens anyway. Just the bucket, and the periodic emptying into the toilet, brush and flush. Use a bit of bleach periodically to really sanitize.

Yes, plastic is easier. That's why we are burying our civilization in it.
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For mom, I put an open disposable diaper flat inside the bucket. I used the cheapest ones i could find. After use, I put it in trash bag and disposed of them the same way as any other disposable diaper (in trash).
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When my husband had to use the bedside commode for the last 22 months of his life(just for poop as he had a permanent catheter)I just put about 5 inches or so of water in the bottom of the commode and sprayed some Poo-Pourri in it, as he was in our living room and I didn't want our house to smell like poop.
I then just took it to the toilet and flushed it down and cleaned out the basin with ammonia, so it was ready for the next day.
That is such an easy solution.
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I was surprised when I learned that many people bag up the waste from the bedside commode, I've never understood why you wouldn't just flush it. If you leave an inch or so of water in the bottom of the bucket and perhaps a squirt of pinesol it can make the clean up easier.
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We used to put some lysol diluted with water at the bottom of the commode to make dumping easier.
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I used kitty litter. 1. because of the back splash of the waste. 2. easier.
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AnnReid Mar 2023
But be aware that kitty litter CAN’T be flushed, NOR can human waste mixed with kitty litter be disposed of in household kitchen garbage.
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I'd call the mayor of the town you live in. The Department of Sanitation had something to say about the excrement being contained in bags and thrown away?
Along those lines of thinking, does this mean that no one living in the town can have cats (because the litter box has to be emptied), dogs (their poop has to be bagged and thrown away), or babies (they're in diapers)? I hardly think that pet owners store their pets' waste and bring it to the city dump. Or that parents save their baby's dirty diapers and do the same.
Talk to the mayor. Seriously.
In the meantime, you're going to have to start emptying the commode into the flushing toilet. Yes, it's absolutely disgusting but until you hear from your town's mayor on what type of waste disposal is permitted, this is what you will have to do.
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