We all have seen a used condom lying around and it actually makes you cringe with disgust.
We have ourselves witnessed or heard of incidences where kids have come holding up a used condom in their hands from a corner of a house or from the side of a park, asking their elders what it is. Ewwww!
If you haven’t faced any such embarrassing moment yet and neither want to, you need to know the right way to dispose a used condom. Also, a condom is not biodegradable, which makes it even more important for us to know the right way to dispose it.
Before we tell you the right way, you need to know what are the wrong ways.
Flushing a condom
How many of you are guilty of doing this? We find it very convenient to flush a condom down the toilet but ideally, we should never ever do this. Flushed condoms can clog your plumbing, which can be expensive to fix later. And nothing will be more embarrassing if your plumber finds out the cause of it– used condom.
Though the flushed condoms are usually found and discarded at the beginning of the water recycling process. if they are not, they can end up in your water supply. These condoms can also end up in lakes and oceans.
Do not leave used condoms carelessly around the house, especially if you have kids at home. Do not throw them on the beach, park or a lake.
The correct way to dispose a condom
You don’t need more than five seconds to do this. Take out the used condom carefully (to avoid the risk of pregnancy and infections) and wrap it in a tissue paper/paper bag/newspaper and finally throw it in the trash.
Wrapping the condom is the important part as used condom looks gross and no one wants to touch that dirty thing even after thrown in the thrash. If you are in a car or at some place where you cannot dispose it the right way, keep it wrapped in a paper and then in a polybag until you see a trash box to throw it away.
Tip
Tie the used condom the same way you tie a balloon to avoid spilling the semen and the odour.
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