Nappy Sacks

[The Riff-Raff Element]

Are these available in France???

After some years of living here, I feel should know the answer to this.

We recently acquired a hound, reluctantly on my part. I don't like dogs

particularly, but I ran out of excuses for not having one and caved in

to the majority view. At least I managed to avoid having a labrador. I

can't stand labradors. They're so....doggy.

Anyway, having acquired said mangy cur, I now have to participate in

that Great British pastime, the nobel and ancient ritual of the Picking

Up of the Dog Poo. Why do the British do this? No-one else does.

However, I feel bound by my notions of British culture to scoop it all

up using the traditional bag-over-the-hand technique, and I am rapidly

working through the limited supply of sacks we had left over from brat

number 2. I never throw anything away, and for once I was vindicated.

I have scanned the supermarket shelves and searched the parapharmacie. No-one seems to know what I am talking about.

Can I buy them here????

[Viv]

Never seen them.

You could always use a roll of sandwich bags but they are clear [+o(]

[Christine Animal]

Do you mean a bag over your hand to actually pick it up with, or a bag to put it in to throw it away.  Wouldn't little freezer bags do?

We use throw away plastic gloves.

 

[Cassis]

Christine - you pick it up with the bag over your hand, then turn the bag inside out over it.  No need for gloves.

We've looked for them and can't find them anywhere. 

In Alençon there are plastic bag dispensers in the street specifically for this purpose - now there's service!

This is a nice topic, isn't it?

[Suandpete]

We imported a few hundred from Tescos - extremely cheap and very light.

[Blanche Neige]

ditto Sainsbury's

[Rob Roy]

I buy rolls of small plastic sacks (white) for the small pedal bins in our toilets from Super U - they would do the job (no pun intended[:)]). About the size of a medium freezer bag.

[The Riff-Raff Element]

[quote user="Diva Star"]

Never seen them.

You could always use a roll of sandwich bags but they are clear [+o(]

[/quote]

Viv, you have rather hit the nub of the issue. I associate freezer bags

with food, so their use for doggie-doos is out of the question for me.

Thank you all for your answers. As I feared, I shall have to request

that our visitors bring a couple of packs each with them or use those

wee bin liners instead (but they aren't cheap).

What do the French do with used nappies I wonder????

[Cassis]

Mary's answer also seems to solve the problem.  We have a substantial stock of nappy sacks but they are for guests' babies nappies!

[SaligoBay]

[quote user="Jon D"]What do the French do with used nappies I wonder????
[/quote]

Off the baby, into the kitchen bin.

Used tampons go into whatever river you're walking past at the time.

 

 

[Cassis]

"At the time" .......  at what time do you mean, Saligo?  [Www]

[Alexis]

I can say on best authority that they don't exist here.  I have just spent six weeks scouring the shelves of every supermarket I have been in - a lot - whilst the family were here looking for them.

I ended up buying the little white "bathroom" bags but they are dear compared to the real thing.

[opas]

Firstly welcome back SB...........we have been waiting ages for your  one liners!

I asked this question of SB personaly  earlier in the year, and the answer was the same then as now........they do not exist!  I know , I have been in Super U , Hyper U, Champion and hyperChampion, Auchan , Leclerc( 3 of) Netto, Liddl, Intermarche ,Aldi and even looked in supermarkets in spain. I know , how sad!

Asda or tesco do cheap brands in litle boxes for less than £ 1.00 per 100, think I shall have a word with my ex boss next time I am in UK  and see if I can export a few  cartons[Www]

[Rosebud]

[quote]Why do the British do this? No-one else does. [/quote]

I thought it was only the French that didn't do this!  

Alas, no such thing as nappy bags here, but the thin freebie bags you get at the supermarket might be OK?

[+o(] 

 

[moonraker]

You've got a choice!

http://www.sacanin.net/

http://www.toutounet-ville-propre.com/

[Christine Animal]

Yes Moonraker, I've seen those, they were giving them out at the vets in Chartres before we left.  They do things here for picking it up in towns on the pavements, but not for your own home.  Just pick it up with a few sheets of kitchen paper!  Can't you buy the English ones on line?

I agree, I think the nappies go straight in the rubbish bin.  Why bother wrapping them up first?

 

[The Riff-Raff Element]

[quote user="Christine Animal"]

Yes Moonraker, I've seen those, they

were giving them out at the vets in Chartres before we left.  They

do things here for picking it up in towns on the pavements, but not for

your own home.  Just pick it up with a few sheets of kitchen

paper!  Can't you buy the English ones on line?

I agree, I think the nappies go straight in the rubbish bin.  Why bother wrapping them up first?

 [/quote]

Thanks Moonraker - they look a bit more pricey than I'd hoped. €20 for 250...at the rate our demented flea-hotel produces crottes, this could work out pretty damned expensive.

Certainly the practice of chucking soilled nappies into the bin without wrappers would explain a few things:

1) the interestingly ripe aroma of certain bins during the summer;

2) that the sight of babies being changed in public is so rare in

France. I've changed them all over the place - on the Number 32 to

Victoria, the tailgate of a friends car and in a box at the Albert Hall

come to mind and a bag to place the place the peelings into is a very

important piece of kit in these circs;

3) why French children are seemingly housetrained so early.

I have learned in the past few hours that "sangynics" (sp?) are a

popular household appliance in France, but I can't quite see how I am

going to apply one to the kuypie hound.

[The Riff-Raff Element]

[quote user="Rosebud"]

[quote]Why do the British do this? No-one else does. [/quote]

I thought it was only the French that didn't do this!  

Alas, no such thing as nappy bags here, but the thin freebie bags you get at the supermarket might be OK?

[+o(] 

 

[/quote]

Maybe the Scandinavians do too. I've never checked that closely.

Certainly the Dutch don't, at least not in the otherwise pristine and

attractive provincial city of Breda. I have toyed with the idea of

taking a few bags from Leclerc and testing them "in the field," but

they do feel a little too thin for my taste. A finger going

through....nasty.

[Rosebud]

In Switzerland it's illegal not to pick up the poo.  They provide bags and designated bins dotted along all public highways!  In some parts of Germany they do too.

Here in Toulouse it's customary to allow your dog to foul wherever it feels the need.  Mostly that's in the middle of the pavement on a busy street , the more the better, then it can be nicely skidded on and spread about by some unfortunate passer by............Kids play areas are another preferred option.........

You could be right about the thickness of the supermarket bags though......[+o(]  My advice would be the ASDA Smart Price, you get 100 for a quid.

 

 

[SaligoBay]

[quote user="Cassis"]"At the time" .......  at what time do you mean, Saligo?  [Www]
[/quote]

Any time, Cassis.   French rivers and canals are not at all like buses, and there's always one handy just when you need it. 

 

[Val_2]

I buy those 10l white plastic sacs from LeClerc, their own brand at less than 1€ for 20 to put the cat droppings in when they go in their tray to keep it clean. Thats not exactly breaking the bank and many supermarkets do their own brand of these. They are only expensive if you go for the brand named ones.

[Miki]

Hi SB,

Well I don't normally look in on an awful subjects such as nappies

(seen far too many soiled ones in the past [:)]) but I saw your name and thought

this must be interesting enough for Madam de Montpellier to re-enter

the arena.(which I am really happy, nay delighted, to see by the way)....BUT (the

inimitable but !!) well, I have to say I was in the middle of a juicy

fat croissant with lashings of creamy Breton butter and home made

thingummy jam (the label has fell off ) that a guest couldn't manage

and I am now, after reading this thread, feeling extremely queasy, so welcome back but you have

nevertheless, spoiled my brekky [;-)]

Angry from Angers [;-)]

[Coco]

[quote user="Miki"]Hi SB,

well, I have to say I was in the middle of a juicy fat croissant with lashings of creamy Breton butter and home made thingummy jam (the label has fell off ) that a guest couldn't manage


[/quote]

It's a real buggar that isn't it? Having to finish off the guest breakfasts.  This morning we've got to read their old newspapers too [;-)]

[Cassis]

[quote user="Miki"]I was in the middle of a juicy

fat croissant with lashings of creamy Breton butter and home made

thingummy jam (the label has fell off ) that a guest couldn't manage ...

[/quote]

Mmmmm - thingummy jam, my favourite!  Can I have the recipe, please?

[Eslier]

You can buy nappy sacks at "Bébé9".

To find stores in your area see http://www.bebe9.com/