Eco friendly nappies and Tesco

[Halle]

I recently picked up a pack of Nature Babycare nappies at Waitrose and have been really happy with them so e-mailed Tesco to ask why they did not stock any environmentally friendly disposables or reusable nappies. This was their answer:

...I have checked with regards to your enquiry on the availability of environmentally friendly disposable nappies and would like to confirm that we are trying to be environmentally friendly, but unfortunately, the nappies
did not sell well with customers.

We are customer led, we can encourage and promote as much as we like, but when it comes down to it, we need the sales from the customer in order to keep a product on the shelf...

At this point I could go on a rant for about 20 minutes non stop. My question is this:

Given the choice between 3 different nappies:

1. Your standard disposable
2. A Soft, thin, comfortable and dry nappy that at the same time has a reduction in the proportion of chemicals, not made of ordinary plastic, but a compostable biological maize film that breathes and is therefore still nicer for the baby"(excuse the Naty marketing blurb) 3)reusable nappies if someone could conclusively prove to you that the amount of work involved was negligible and that they worked equally well as (1)

If they were the same price or cheaper and were equally available would you try the "green" ones?

If the largest retailer in the UK doesn't see fit to stock the products (biodegradable or reusable nappies) because of lack of demand and there is no demand because people don't know they exist or are wary of them how are we ever going to address the tough legislative challenge to reduce the amount of biodegradable household waste sent to landfill, which includes the majority of the 2.8 billion disposable nappies that we throw away every year?

Aren't Tesco annoying!! I must admit I shop there because they are so near and convenient (but fear they are taking over the world) but I have to go to Sainsburys or co-op for my nature nappies (which not so near to home and opp direction to Tesco).

I have to go in Sainsburys with blinkers on so that I don't notice all the lovely things that I didn't know I needed!! Hence don't do weekly shop there as I spend too much money.

well, tbh in landfill "biodegradable" nappies do not biodegrade. it's anaerobic, so they will just sit there for years anyway.
I believe moltex oko do say that the only way to properly biodegrade their nappies is in a wormery.

I suppose there is still the chemical element. I would use cloth.
well, i do use cloth so maybe i am not the most objective person to ask

the nature nappies wont break down in normal household waste btw.

tescos are being sill IMO. real nappies are fast becoming a big booming business. if i could pick up a new washable with my weekly shopping it would be easier than ordering online and paying postage etc.

sainsburys and waitrose stock the nature nappies, and the bags to go with them.

My DH has a wormery!!! Perhaps I can start my own landfill

I use cloth and Nature Babycare that I buy from the Co-op. Tescos response is ridiculous. It is depressing isn't it?

that's interesting - my local Tesco stocks naturebaby wipes and sacks but not the nappies. Local boots stocks the nappies but not the wipes or sacks - asked why and was told they do stock planning twice a year and they obviusly hadn't been included, have no plans to include - made it clear i thought might be a demand if people were coming in for nappies but assistant just shrugged, end of convo. Usually use totsbots but if need disposables use naturebaby and find them a good alternative when needed.

misdee, waitrose stock MEOS and airflow wraps

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hairy, my local store doesnt, its too small.

ahh, you should sign up as a nappy agent for someone, then you get money off nappies

i'd love to lol.

I signed up with babykind, you don't even have to buy the starter pack if you already have enough different kinds of nappies.
you just sit back and enjoy the discount you get lol.
so far i've done nothing, only had one customer who got my number from the website lol

We're looking for new nappy agents

Sorry, but it had to be said.

Hijack - whats a nappy agent?

Who are you (in nappy terms), makesachange? I've thought about nappy agenting before (usually while in the middle of dazzling soem poor friend who was foolish enough to ask me about reusables and hence got treated to a tour of my extensive collection )

Hiya,

but of a newbie here so dont want to argue, but my tescos sells kushies (and another AIO but cant rememebr which) in all sizes, nappisan, nappy buckets and eco disposables.

It is a tesco extra though and the largest tesco in wales but still, I am in swansea, and not many cloth nappy users here...maybe its the size of the store as well?

evamum, i think it depends where you are.
we have a HUGE tesco here but it doesn't stock any re-usable nappies.
it does stock nature babycare disposables though.

Well thats even more ridiculous then, if the OP said that tesco reckon they dont sell enough, why sell them in some stores and not others, when I know that no packs have been sold this week (have been checking since OP)!!!

lol how on earth do you know none have been sold?

I guess it's supply and demand. if they sell over a certain amount then it is continued, if they don't then they dn't stock them.
maybe they have other ways of figuring it out too? local demographic and all that.

cos Im a sad loser who is in tescos most days (its an easy walk from the house and has a nice coffee place) and they are covered in dust....

[need to get a life emoticon]

Tescos are talking rubbish. Why can Waitrose and Sainsbury keep environ friendly nappies on the shelf if, as they say, no one wants to buy the stuff ? It doesn't make sense. Thumbs up for Waitrose to stock up on Motherease nappies and wraps.

just wanted to add to this that I was in boots the other day and the nature babycare nappies actually worked out cheaper than the huggies and pampers.

the pack price was more expensive, but you got more in the pack, so it worked out cheaper per nappy.
interesting that people still dn't buy them!