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.

Thanks for sharing !
im heading to savers to stock up on the pampers wipes the only ones I know that still contain plastic ! All the other wipes r rubbish and im not willing to cart round bits of cloth covered in piss and shit ! Maybe more energy could be focussed on companies and billionaires destroying the planet. My use of plastic containing wipes is less than the tip
of the iceberg

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when I had my first child wet wipes and disposable nappies really wasn’t a thing!
I used cloth nappies and flannels, also for dirty nappies I used toilet paper to wipe off!

this is honestly not a serious question, is it?

My mum used cotton wool pleats with lotion or washcloths to clean bottom/other area in 1970s (me and DB born 1971 and 1973). And yes Terry nappies with plastic pants over top.

I wouldn't dream of flushing them. Just wondering if they will solve the iceberg problem.

Are you under the impression that your use of plastic wipes is somehow entirely detached from the company that produces them?

I used the fresh wipes and mucky wipes oils appropriately. Totally my bad I didn’t google before I posted.

What do you do with dirty nappies and wipes when you’re out?

I used Cheeky Wipes from weaning DS1 as he had food allergies and intolerances that wrecked havoc with his digestive system prior to diagnosis, and took a long time to settle. 4 cotton wipes could do what half a pack of disposables could do far quicker and more neatly. I already had to bag up the clothes that were soiled from neck to knee, so a few extra cloths made minimal logistical difference.

He's a teenager now, and the best-surviving cloths are still in use alongside some newer cloths as the cloth pile is still very useful.

I also prefer the texture of cotton/ bamboo cloths to disposable wipes.

There's still disposable wipes out there, but I preferred cloth anyway.

Zip them into a wet bag to wash at home.

The bag can be unzipped and put in the washer with less handling than trying to get soiled clothes out of a nappy sack.

That’s what I did. I quoted @Surroundedbyfools because it was her I was asking?

Lavender is fine unless the rules have changed (I studied aromatherapy in the paleolithic era) although it does seem to set off some people's asthma.

The same way parents did for centuries before wet wipes were invented?

Also, babies …

I always used baby lotion on cotton wool… much more gentle than wipes.

Er, how do you think babies bums were changed before baby wipes were invented!? 🤦🏽‍♀️

Hear hear!!

i used cloth nappies and didn't use disposable wipes etc when i had babies. You put them in a bag and then clean them when you get home. Solids get flushed down the loo.

It isn't rocket science.

Aldi’s Mamia wipes have been plastic-free for a couple of years. I’m sure most are now.

Mumsnet is so weirdly anti cloth nappies. I always presumed that being fairly affluent and traditionally leftie that they’d be all over them but apparently they all shudder at rhe thought of them

With a flannel like we used to do?

Hardly anyone uses cloth nappies. Affluent, leftie or otherwise.

"It's not that hard" - for you. I have disabilities that would have made it hard, because it is A LOT more work. Good for you for doing it, but let's not shame people for using a readily available alternative.

Most wipes are plastic free now. You just have to read the packaging to see that. It’s not going to make a difference to the average person. The fatberg issue will still be there if people are flushing anything other than toilet paper and poo and wee down the toilet. Which is pretty hard to control.

The person I was responding to asked how would they change their baby’s (sic) without using wet wipes. I gave them a solution.

I am sorry for your struggles.

It frustrates me that, without exception, everyone I know who used cloth nappies and wipes likes to lecture other people about how "easy" and "cheap" it is when the reality is that are so many reasons that it really doesn't work like that, for lots of people. Loads of people can't afford the initial outlay, for example. Loads of people don't have easy access to a washing machine or can't afford to run it mutliple times a week. Loads of people have disabilities that make it hard.

I'd have managed it if my kids had been born 100 years ago - I'd have had to, obviously, but many aspects of my life would have been different - I wouldn't also have been trying to work at the same time, for example. We did actually use cloth wipes for wiping hands and faces, but I couldn't have managed more than that.