Diaper Disposal Dilemma - Need a Decent Diaper Trash Can!

We have found that once you are dealing with diapers from a kid eating regular food, there is no getting around the fact that they are smelly. Any of the diaper pails work pretty well (We have used Diaper Decor and Diaper Genie 2), but they have to be emptied every couple of days b/c the smell is a reality.

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i'm with ya....i have that SAME issue...so what we did was put the diaper champ out in the garage...it helps! i hope you find a solution..maybe the garage works for you..or a can outside that easily accessible...

p.s. i make the hubby change it..lol im preggo..so i gag every time i smell something awful.
best of luck!

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We got a cheap garbage can with the step open lids. We put it on the back porch right next to the door. The smell was super contained both because of the lid and because of the cold weather (smelly bacteria grows in warm environments). Once a week, on garbage day, we just tied up the liner bag and tossed it in the can. I don't think any in-house garbage system can really keep that smell out of your house.

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Hmm, this is probably not what you want to hear... but diapers smell and the only way to get rid of the smell is to empty the pail daily or every other day. They make those fancy twist pails (Diaper Genie), if your are willing to invest a fortune in the pail and the refills you may get 3-4 days out of them, but in my experience even they start smelling at some point.

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i think any plastic trash can is going to absorb the smell. we had a diaper champ and no matter how many times we changed the bag or scrubbed the darn thing, it still stunk so i got rid of it. i bet you would do better with a metal with bags inside. of course if it's just the pee smell that's getting to you, and not the funky trash can, that might not help.

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We love our DiaperDekor. We bought new, but told our friend about it and she found one for $10 on Craigslist. You don't have to touch anything and it keeps the smell away.

I have to agree with the other posts about just having to change it every two days. We use a small can, next to the changing table, and keep a grocery store sized plastic bag in it. It's easy to pull out, it's small enough that it fills in a couple days.

Diaper Genies are pricey when you factor in the bags that you have to refill. They still get stinky too.

You can always keep some baking soda on hand to sprinkle on top of the diapers when you put a new one in.

not sure why you think it takes a lot of time to wrap a diaper into a ball and put it in to a spot...that is probably the only thing that is going to work for you - of course any unwrapped diaper is going to smell...We have had the diaper champ (uses regular trash bags) for 4 years, are using it with our second child...never have had a problem with smell - change the bag 1 time a week (sometimes more, but not usually)

I have twins and use the diaper genie. I am sure the diaper genie II works just fine as well. I keep the diaper genie in their room and only on a few occasions did I smell any fowl odor. As for having time to put the diapers in a little ball, well I don't know what to say to that as for me it only takes second. You don't really need to make a little ball. You can just put the diaper in their but then you risk the chance of making a mess and then you will have to take the time to clean that up. Just wrap the dirty diaper up, open the lid, push the diaper down, shut the lid, and twist. Its done!!

Hi T.,

We used a diaper champ and kept an air freshner in the bottom of the pail. We also used the scented bags. :)

When mine were in diapers, I'd just take the used diapers out to the outdoor trashcan right away! At first it was a bother but I started to like stepping out doors for 30 seconds here and there throughout the day. ANd the house smelled SO much better!

Diapers sure have helped me keep on emptying the garbage in the house.

I use the grocery sacks in all our bathrooms and don't mind putting pee wet diapers in there and then empty them when they get full. The main kids/my bathroom gets emptied every other day it seems.. the other ones no more than eve of garbage day. (not so many diapers make it into those.. but sometimes.)

Then for Poopie diapers.. I put those in the produce bags I saved from the store. and if the kitchen garbage is approaching full - I put it in there - otherwise I have a bucket outside the back door/yard. Since the kitchen garbage gets emptied it seems like everyday no more than 2 it doesn't get a chance to be bad. However.. the really stinky ones go directly outside to the 'bucket'. I just walk the bucket to the garbage can when i'm going.. that way i don't have to walk each individual poop diaper out each time. there may be a phase where dd may want to start dumping this bucket, which is when i started using the kitchen one in the first place.

We had a diaper genie the first time around and then they changed the refill thing. so with #2.. i never replaced it. liked it thou.

I kept a 'box' on one of the shelves of my diaper stand to keep the produce & grocery sacks to put the diaper into.