Nappies - where are all the environmentalists!

Sarahsaver

i heard her on r4 just now. Just needed to be a bit more organised i think!

mummyjane

For me it was a really easy decision to use cloth, lucky really as on the very rare occasion that my two had a disp nappy on their bums got so sore, dd's even bled. After that I refused to subject either of them to it again. The amount of chemicals in disp nappies is shocking and to this day their ingredients are still not tested properly before they are on the shelves, disgusting really.

Jane x

vl2588

My mum is *still* using my old nappies (I am over 25) as stable rubbers so I think that helps the re-usable nappies side of the story a little!

Despite the argument being equal (or nearly) on both sides the currently very pressing issue of space for landfill tips me over the re-usable side.

P.S Sorry for the accidental pun!

Zoomer

I have been using NatureBoy/Girl nappies for both my daughters and have never had a problem with smell/gel/leaks/price however I am still not sure why they are regarded as eco-friendly. I buy them because I feel I am taking a lite-green approach to what is obviously a thorny issue on here.
Any inside knowledge?

vegankris

Hawthorn wrote: »

You think like me Mum_of_3. There ARE no hard and fast rules, and it's each to their own - totally.
Having this discussion with my DH when we first got together. He said, which is the most ethical choice......fair trade coffee, or the normal nescafe stuff. So I piped up, fair trade, of course.
His reply? If everyone thought like that and bought the fair trade, those who are working for peanuts wouldn't even be able to work for that, because the company would go out of business. He had a point LOL.
All we can do, is what we feel is right at the time.

But isn't he forgetting that the fairtrade coffee manufacturers would employ more staff because of the extra demand created?

littleange

http://www.babykind.co.uk/incentiveschemes.htm

growingafamily

I'm the weirdo mum when I drop off my son at nursery.
Having hair in braids whilst the coconut oil does it's job, my baby in a bright red moby wrap (I've had to help lift other mums prams up and down the steps LOL) with her big fluffy cloth bum, ds in odd socks (he chooses his own), some mineral make-up thrown on so I don't scare the kids lol.
I don't care one bit LOL.

I've found the cloth nappies and wrap have been a lifesaver. I use fluffy ones that don't stain, wash well at lower temps when just wee, dry really quickly and don't go hard !! LOVE them.

For me its a not putting that chemical rubbish on my child above any ethical, green issues. I have tried disposables but when one exploded all over my son that was the end of that. My cloth were second hand from a friend too, so VERY economical.