To think that human excrement should not be sent to landfill

[ReallyTired]

Every disposible nappy that your child has ever used is probably in existance somewhere in landfill. What is more scary is that all these nappies will still exist after you and your grandchildren are dead.

I think that disposable nappies should be seperated from normal rubbish and recyled. I am sure that it would be possible to design a disposible nappy that was more enviromnentally friendly. Maybe a two part system with a water proof wrap and the disposible part could be made completely compostible.

The present situation stinks. I think that it would take legistation to force parents and companies to work a bit harder for the sake of our world.

Daisy, have you tried Orobase paste? Your HV should be able to prescribe it for you,

If you mix it 50:50 with some vaseline or equivalent (can make up enough of the mix to last a day) and apply this at each nappy change, this will hopefully prevent your dd's skin from breaking down.

Used this first of all at work with babies who were withdrawing from maternal drug use and it works well and very quickly.

but i dont want to throw £5 of disposables a week into the bin.

for me the money saving part is also a bonus.

means i can buy more choc!

i throw them in with bath towels and bedding, bloomin', and i have always washed those at 60 degrees.

just park the pail by the machine and use the essential oil of your choice to deodorise.

i quite like the 'anti-bacterial blend' from the supplier i linked earlier.

i use liquidised soap nuts as a surface cleanser and add a few drops of the anti-bacterial essential oil to the mix of liquid soap nuts and water in a squirty bottle to clean surfaces, too.

There is a new report about reusables coming out soon from the Environment Agency as the previous report was deeply flawed.

Re: what's better for the environment. Well, resuables are, but it depends what is being measured. As far as energy; if one washes resuables at a high temperature, uses a tumble drier for each load, irons them , then over the lifetime, it would be about parallel to disposables taking into account the energy used to manufacture both.

This doesn't address the landfill issue though.

But most people will find that it's infinitely more cost effective to use resuables. Especially if you have a 2nd or 3rd child.

I used reusables on DD. DS then wore them and I sold them for about a third of what I paid for them!

lacka

I can say what I want and think what I want. I am only expressing my VHO, I am sorry that it clashes with yours.

(The rash wasn't nice for her, misdee. Poor thing - I only twigged it was the nappies when I used disposables over the Christmas and it cleared up completely! She's still been prone to it even in disposables but hopefully we've seen the last of it now. Nothing else seems to bother her skin it's odd)

ilovemydog

I thought I had read something along these lines. I would be one of those people who washed at a high temp, tumble dried etc - so probably not worth it

also, you save on petrol getting to and from the shops.

but you stil lwouldnt be putting so much waste into landfill bloomin.

but it's an opinion not based on fact . I couldn't give a flying fig whether you use them or not, but you said you're not convinced they are better for the environment. That, imvho, is like saying you're not convinced the sky is blue.

I would dig out loads of links for you if I could be bothered.

KVC

I am lost - it rains most days.

i'm allergic to the gels in sanitary pads, so....mooncup!

i'm allergic to it, too, misdee. it makes me itch like all hell.

am thinking washable pads for after birth expat. as cant use mooncup then.

KVC

But how do you get them dry if it has rained?

bloomin, laundry racks.

i know, misdee, and i'm really concerned about that because i just can't take those sanitary towels - they make me itch and basically give me nappy rash.

not nice.

and terry nappies that have had a drenching of rain (as they usually do here before I can get them off the line) come up lovely and soft.

SD sounds like your DD has similar issues to mine re nappies.

Misdee,

But if KVC washes them everday and they are dry by the end of the day - how do they dry? In our climate, if it is raining there is no way nappies would be dry in a day without..... atumble dryer!?!

mine dry overnight on racks.

expat, am also dreading it. have found the value ones that look like pillows dnt make me react so much. they are cheap and dont contain so much gel