What's the Best Diaper Disposal Product?

[gorf]

So what's the best thing to use for getting rid of diapers, the only product I know of is Diaper Genie and Diaper Genie II. Are any of them any good?

We're clueless here, we did our own diapers and we want to get one for a gift. Waste of money??

[Jonavin]

I'm also interested in parents' opinion on this.

[PGT]

We've been using a Safety 1st Neat! diaper disposal system for the past 23 months, and have recommended it to others. A good friend of mine has both the Neat! and a Diaper Genie, and just threw away the Diaper Genie because it stank too much (and that's with just wet diapers, not dirty diapers). I don't have any experience with the Diaper Genie II, but looking at the plastic in the refills, it's not really any different from the plastic in the original Diaper Genie refills, so it'll still stink. The Neat! refills use a much better plastic and does a great job of keeping the smell inside the bag as opposed to letting it seep through.

The challenge, though, is finding the Neat! system and refills. Zellers and Walmart both seem to have stopped carrying it a few months ago; Babies'R'Us still has it.

[sixer]

Diaper Champ, period. Don't have to waste tons of extra money on refills like the Diaper Genie. Hint, the white kitchen bags from costco work perfect in them.

[patrob]

So what's the best thing to use for getting rid of diapers, the only product I know of is Diaper Genie and Diaper Genie II. Are any of them any good?

We're clueless here, we did our own diapers and we want to get one for a gift. Waste of money??

To be honest, we had 3 babies & never used any of these:!: Since we always have tons of grocery bags around, just put the dirty diapers in those bags & threw it out to the garbage can in our garage. Unless you get one as a gift, then you will use it but you still have to buy the refils...

Try just using grocery bags & see how that works for you...you might get used to doing that & never need the Ginie or the extra expense ;) Plus we had twins, so dirty diapers x 2...& grocery bags were just perfect!

[jm1]

If you're in a munipality with organic waste recycling (ie. "green bins"), then it might not be necessary to use these devices. We wrap up each soiled diaper tightly with its elastic tabs, then dump it into our small "green bin" in the kitchen. Although we've had some nasty diapers, it only smells when you lift the lid, and the other stuff you toss in there (coffee grounds, onions, etc.) help mask any smell. Then, once a day, we toss the contents of the small green bin into the proper green bin in the garage (I drive to work each day, so i just do it on the way to the car). We have a simple trash can in the baby's bedroom for wet-only diapers and when we can't be bothered to go straight down to the kitchen, and you can't even smell it when you're in the baby room.

The problem with these diaper Genie/Champ/Doctor devices is that it encourages you to accumulate the diapers inside the container. Better to get the diapers out of the house ASAP.

If we were in a high-rise, I would just walk down the hall and toss each diaper down the chute (depending on your building's waste policies).

My friends with Diaper Genies have had them break on them somehow, so if you're set on getting something, maybe look at the other brands.

[patrob]

If you're in a munipality with organic waste recycling (ie. "green bins"), then it might not be necessary to use these devices. We wrap up each soiled diaper tightly with its elastic tabs, then dump it into our small "green bin" in the kitchen. Although we've had some nasty diapers, it only smells when you lift the lid, and the other stuff you toss in there (coffee grounds, onions, etc.) help mask any smell. Then, once a day, we toss the contents of the small green bin into the proper green bin in the garage (I drive to work each day, so i just do it on the way to the car). We have a simple trash can in the baby's bedroom for wet-only diapers and when we can't be bothered to go straight down to the kitchen, and you can't even smell it when you're in the baby room.

The problem with these diaper Genie/Champ/Doctor devices is that it encourages you to accumulate the diapers inside the container. Better to get the diapers out of the house ASAP.

If we were in a high-rise, I would just walk down the hall and toss each diaper down the chute (depending on your building's waste policies).

My friends with Diaper Genies have had them break on them somehow, so if you're set on getting something, maybe look at the other brands.

Agree to get the diapers out of the house ASAP...

Did not realize that you can put soiled diapers to the "green bin"?...

Just checked on Peel Region website & says you should not put diapers in the "green bin" :confused:
http://www.peelregion.ca/pw/waste/organics1/whatgoes-bin.htm

[jm1]

Agree to get the diapers out of the house ASAP...

Did not realize that you can put soiled diapers to the "green bin"?...

Just checked on Peel Region website & says you should not put diapers in the "green bin" :confused:
http://www.peelregion.ca/pw/waste/organics1/whatgoes-bin.htm

Well, diapers are okay in Toronto's green bin:

http://www.toronto.ca/greenbin/card.htm

I suppose you can just put it into the regular garbage each day. It's just that, with my family, we fill up our indoor green bin daily and the regular garbage a lot less frequently.

[ayeung]

No odor until you open it to take the whole bag out. No expensive refill to buy.

[patrob]

Well, diapers are okay in Toronto's green bin:

http://www.toronto.ca/greenbin/card.htm


I cannot understand why Peel would not accept it but Toronto does...that is weird :confused: Lucky you :cheesygri

[fireguy9]

2 kids and never used one,,,, just put it in the garage trash ,, no probs

[getmail99]

York region can recycle diapers in green bin.

[nalababe]

FYI...

White there is a plastic non-degradable portion to the diapers, the absorbant material is actually very good for the garden. For those of you that grow plants in containers, take the absorbant material from diaper and mix in with the container soil. The result is that you will retain more moisture and have to water your plants less often....alternately you can buy soil sponge type products....

Back to the original question, we used the champ. Yes, we have the green bin, but found the champ easier to use until we would go outside...since we have to go outside and around to the side of the house, weather was a factor...

[bionicbadger]

We have a cheap $10 little plastic garbage can with lid that flops open/closed when you step on a pedal and put the plastic bags you get from the grocery store in there to hold dirty diapers. It works fine and doesn't smell until you open it to deposit more. Give it a squirt of febreeze once or twice a week and thats it. Way cheaper than any of the fancy diaper disposal junk and just as effective.

[Bullseye]

To be honest, we had 3 babies & never used any of these:!: Since we always have tons of grocery bags around, just put the dirty diapers in those bags & threw it out to the garbage can in our garage. Unless you get one as a gift, then you will use it but you still have to buy the refils...

Try just using grocery bags & see how that works for you...you might get used to doing that & never need the Ginie or the extra expense ;) Plus we had twins, so dirty diapers x 2...& grocery bags were just perfect!

Wow, that just seems so unneccessarily wasteful to me! A plastic bag thrown out for every single diaper? It's bad enough throwing diapers into landfills, but that just compounds the problem. At least using the pail system system cuts down on the plastic going into the garbage.

[Toronto]

I use the diaper genie but honestly I haven't used anything else so I have nothing to compare it to. You guys mention spending "tons" of money on refills, but the refills last so long. Used several times a day, each refill has lasted me 2 months each and I don't have that many extra grocery bags laying around as I use them in my garbage can. I got 6 refills for our baby shower and I have to somehow find a way to exchange 4 of them for the next step as my son's now moved onto the next stage. A few dollars each so I wouldn't say I spend a ton of money at all and the genie individually wraps each diaper to hold the odour in.

[volan]

I've used a Diaper Genie, and I didn't like it. It really smelled bad and it broke after a year of use. After the Diaper Genie I got a Neat diaper pale. The downside of the Neat is that you have to buy special refills, you can't use ordinary kitchen garbage bags, but the upside is that there was no smell. You can actually keep the diaper pale in the same room as the baby and not worry about the smell.

On a side note, I saw at Wal Mart has a Diaper Genie II. Has anyone used it? Is it any good?

[jerryhung]

I've used a Diaper Genie, and I didn't like it. It really smelled bad and it broke after a year of use. After the Diaper Genie I got a Neat diaper pale. The downside of the Neat is that you have to buy special refills, you can't use ordinary kitchen garbage bags, but the upside is that there was no smell. You can actually keep the diaper pale in the same room as the baby and not worry about the smell.

On a side note, I saw at Wal Mart has a Diaper Genie II. Has anyone used it? Is it any good?

Diaper Genie 2 is $36.99 at Baby R'us
Review seems very positive (and most people say it doesn't smell)
http://www.amazon.com/Playtex-Diaper-Genie-System-2/dp/B000GE6S6A/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-7736107-3495166?ie=UTF8&s=baby-products&qid=1174946936&sr=8-1

[patrob]

Wow, that just seems so unneccessarily wasteful to me! A plastic bag thrown out for every single diaper? It's bad enough throwing diapers into landfills, but that just compounds the problem. At least using the pail system system cuts down on the plastic going into the garbage.

Sorry to disappoint you but who said that I put one diaper at a time...I put several dirty diapers in one bag (depending on bag size) & many times I open the original bag & fill in with more diapers. Also many times don't use bags at all, just wrap them up with the velcro tabs & throw out with NO bags ;) So even less waste than using ANY system at all :cheesygri

[NSMum]

Twins here as well and we just either throw them right in the garbage or use a plastic bag, tie it shut when it's full and into the garbage it goes. I had a diaper genie with my first ds and I didn't find it any better than just throwing the diapers straight into the garbage. I personally wouldn't bother with one(and we have two babies) I do have a plug in air freshener (made by Method--environmentally and people friendly) near the garbage so that may help with the diaper smell as well.

[patrob]

Twins here as well and we just either throw them right in the garbage or use a plastic bag, tie it shut when it's full and into the garbage it goes. I had a diaper genie with my first ds and I didn't find it any better than just throwing the diapers straight into the garbage. I personally wouldn't bother with one(and we have two babies) I do have a plug in air freshener (made by Method--environmentally and people friendly) near the garbage so that may help with the diaper smell as well.

Since we both have Twins & manage without any "Diaper Genie system", that should tell others who are thinking of buying one, something to think about... Just to have one because others have it...no point. So save your money for those diapers that you will definitely need ;)