Wet wipes ban

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https://www.gov.uk/guidance/plastic-wet-wipes-ban

I've only heard about this now although it has a date of Dec 25. From May 2027, non- recyclable single-use wipes will be banned. It includes baby wipes & face wipes. It may be difficult for low income families as I'm sure there may be a shortage of recyclable ones which will push prices up. Good for the environment though. Although if people didn't flush them this wouldn't be an issue.

They already exist and look like normal wipes

We had a son with very bad eczema, water wipes or any baby wipes broken him out. we used cotton wool for poos and soft muslins to wash his bum when he was just wet. It’s hard in terms of washing etc but it’s doable

Plastic free wipes are already widely available. ASDA own brand for example. They work fine. You've probably used some and not even noticed.

No I just checked. It’s lavender and camomile for the clean wipes. I used a head to toe baby wash (and still do,for my make up wipes) and literally one or two drops of the oil and I never had any issues - I used to just mix it all well before I popped the wipes in. You didn’t even need Tod ry them after they were washed. It was great.

Essential oils and a detergent is fine obviously the detergent breaks down the oils.

I only ever used plastic free wipes since my oldest was born five years ago - they’re just like normal wipes.

It really isn’t some new thing.

I’ve only ever used Andrex wipes and I’ve not had an issue that has led me to look for anything else, and they’re plastic free.

It’s about time they’re banning them.

flannel & warm water?

Good.

Twice we've had to pay for a drain near us to be flushed out because someone in our street - we don't know who - flushes wipes down it. We don't even buy the wretched things, but where they back up in the drain means it's our garden that gets flooded.😡

I was really angry to see Tesco promoting their own-brand 'flushable' wipes on the packaging of their own brand toilet paper. No, those things are not flushable. I totally understand that some people have a need for more than standard toilet paper, but don't flush wipes down the loo.

If you use any kind of wipes for anything, dispose of them in the bin.

Or the many plastic free wipes that are on the market and will continue to be sold. The OP is misleading.

I said in my post that you criticised - I used water and baby wash and tea tree and lavender. And you said. Don’t put any sort of essential oils in in response? I’m confused!

My SIL only uses wipes on her almost 3 year old and she’ll be happy when he’s potty trained which will be soon.

I’ve switched from wipes for makeup removal to reusable cotton pads. Can’t think why more people don’t do it.

Plastic free wipes will still be available.
Ds is disabled and we have to sometimes use wet wipes, but always use plastic free wipes, and never flush them.
The majority of the time we use a product called wype https://try.wypeuk.com/#ig-redirect-session=redirect-ff2087e459fc
which is completely flushable and lasts for ages... but sometimes a wet wipe is necessary!!

One of my DC has DC. When ours were little we used cotton wool and a top and tail bowl. A facecloth when necessary. Any major issues when out and about were dealt with using a damp facecloth kept in a pladtic bag in the changing bag.

Same here. We had to pay to have our septic tank cleaned out and it was full of wipes - presumably "flushable"- that the previous owners had flushed.

You can recycle a shitty wipe if you use reusable ones. And as others have said, they really do perform better and make shit easier to clean. Better on babies bums, win win. It is water soluble so they wash well.

Huggies are pretty rubbish though, they rip when you try and pull them out the pack

Haha, that's why you were doing so much washing. Not everyone has loads of washing with babies.

I've used the cloth and water method a handful of times when I've unexpectedly run out of words and would never chose it personally. Messy, icky and no more effective.

I used damp cotton wool when I had my daughter 28 years ago

I did. No 1 had food intolerances and puked everywhere and had loads of horrible nappies until engorged it out. Once I had no2 there was tons of washing anyway and a few wipes made no difference.

Baby wipes only became widely available in the 1980s.
30 years ago you had a top and tail bowl with water and cotton wool. My first I used infacare baby lotion and cotton wool.

I’ve literally never used a pack of wet wipes in my life for changing my baby

I have cheeky wipes and just wet them and wash them 🤷‍♀️

Also. No1 was allergic to disposables so I used terries and prefolds. A few wipes was no odds in the nappy wash.

What do you mean that babies couldn’t be bathed? Why? What decade? My brothers and I were born in the 1970s. I know that our mum bathed us.

Use a cloth or a plastic free wet wipe?