Need suggestions for used pump parts transport

[northerngirl]

What do you other pumpin mamas transport your used pump parts in?
I pump 2x at work and have 2 sets of parts for my pump (PIS) so I just bring them home dirty, soak and wash. What I've been using now is a large ziploc bag. I keep the clean ones in one have the other bag for used.
So now the used bags have piled up again and need to be washed....oops I just threw them all away. I hate doing that.
Is there an easier way? And this is my second child I'm pumping for and I cannot for the life of me remember what I did last time.

[pacificbliss]

I keep a good sized towl in my pump (Medela PIS) so I rinse them out and then just put them on the towel and take them home and wash them.

[kanga1622]

I use a Rubbermaid type container. I use the same parts all day and pump 4 times. I just store the bowl with the lid shut in the fridge between sessions and then wash everything when I get home. I do not store food in plastic containers anymore so this seemed like a great use for an otherwise non used bowl.

[hildare]

i am a total slacker.
i don't wash anything while i am at work, tho i use the pump (or i did) more than 2 x while at work.
i take a prefold and just wrap the parts up in it.. i pump into bottles (when i can) which i cap and store. all i'm wrapping in the prefolds are the horns usually. then i toss the prefold in with the regular diapers (see.. slacker!)
but i've been doing this for over 9 months now with no problem.

[Ellien C]

I only rinse my horns during the day. On a good day they get run through the dishwasher. But not every day. I'm vigilant now about looking behind the membranes each time I wash and giving them a good shake to dry. Other than that, I'm good to go!

[texmati]

I kept my pump parts in a cute little cooler tote, so I didn't have to wash/switch pumps during the work day. I assembled at home, and kept everything assemled until my last pump when I put caps on everything.

Call me horrible ungreen, but I used plastic grocery sacks to move the used parts back and forth if I needed to. We not to get plastic bags, but those that sneek into the house get used for things like this a few times before being trashed/recycled.

[meg514]

I'm using a small size planetwise wet bag. I have a spare pump at work, so it's just the little bag and the cooler I bring back and forth.

I throw it in with normal, not diaper laundry. Probably totally unnecessary to separate, but makes me feel better for some reason.

[JudiAU]

Why do you use two set during the day? Can't you just refrigerate them?

I dump them in a plastic bag with the milk. Second kid, I hardly ever remember the ice pack and it isn't very far. The bag gets reused as a trash bag. But I like the planetwise bag suggestion. I have one I am not using...

I always took my pump home with ice pack etc. but now I have two. And I have at least four sets of parts...

[MEcatlady17]

I use 2 sets of flanges at work as well. I know you can refrigerate the horns with your milk and reuse, but I have raynauds and cold pump horns.....

I am using gallon sized resealable plastic bags. I have a 'clean' bag and a 'dirty' that are used all week. next week my 'clean' becomes my dirty. So I am really only throwing away one bag a week...one of the only wasteful practices I have aside from freezing milk in lansinoh bags and DH loves his paper towels, but that's a whole other issue...

[northerngirl]

Originally Posted by JudiAU

Why do you use two set during the day? Can't you just refrigerate them?

I dump them in a plastic bag with the milk. Second kid, I hardly ever remember the ice pack and it isn't very far. The bag gets reused as a trash bag. But I like the planetwise bag suggestion. I have one I am not using...

I always took my pump home with ice pack etc. but now I have two. And I have at least four sets of parts...

I've been using 2 sets bc I found it easier. I don't have a fridge to store the parts and the only cooler I have is the one that came with the PIS that holds 4 bottles. I do like the idea of the planetwise bag. Hmmm...that's what I was looking for I guess. Although transport in another washable container would work too, but that would just add to my already large load of crap that I drag along to work.
Thanks for all the suggestions ladies. I knew there was a better way.