compostable nappies: anyone tried them?

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was recommended these nappies by someone as an alternative to cotton nappies when out and about/night time. any one used them and do they really compost?

moltex nappies

I believe you need a wormery to truly compost them

we have used them at night time since ds was born and I am happy knowing they are greenER than ordinary disposables, but still have some problems with the production and disposal.

I'd think about what the compost goes on afterwards - in general compost heaps aren't hot enough to kill pathogens and won't get rid of concentrations of things like medications. OK on petunias, possibly not so clever if you're putting it on the veg garden (although I know people who use it anyway and seem to be OK)

you could try weenees which decompose better than moltex/tushies imo - also can combine with cloth.

DS has always used Moltex, but I don't compost them. I'm happy that at least when they are dumped in landfill they will biodegrade rather than pollute forever! I'm no expert but I really wouldn't advise composing them yourself, I'm fairly sure they'd pose a health risk! The other good thing about Moltex is no bleach.

i tried a sample of moltex but didnt compost them.they worked well but i prefer cloth.ive heard weenies compost better also.

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I've heard weenees are supposed to be better on girls as they wee down as such - but boys have less directional control! I have used weenees for holidays - okay for an hour or two but then scrunched up between legs and if left for two long he would just wee out the side! Have also stuffed them in my fuzzis with greater success.

I have bought moltex for bean no.3 for reliability at the start and will move onto cloth when out of hospital.

The only thing with using a nappy like Moltex and then throwing them away in your rubbish, is that it's quite likely that the rubbish will be incinerated. So it wouldn't make much difference whether you used a pampers or moltex...

Not sure if I?ve got this right, but I was told (urban myth?) that disposables need to be left open to the air to degrade, but in landfill, the land is filled in and prevents this? Happy to be corrected on this!

wow thatnks for all the info. Have a dd so maybe check out the weenees ones too. Where can I find info/ have a free sample of moultex ones so can try them out to see if they are reliable at least.

SAHM1 - you are quite right - landfill is an anaerobic environment because everything is so squashed together - also if you put in a normal nappy sack then whole exercise completely pointless! I just hate pampers etc so much that the thought of one going on my babies bum really disturbs me!!! Its the plastic/testicles/heat thing too.

I got a free sample of Moltex and some other compostable nappies from naturebotts.co.uk

They also sell biodegradable nappy sacks.

yeah, I got mine from spirit of bnature and need to try them out. Still trying to fuigure if I'd be better gritting teeth and trying cotton ones over night but dd sleeps 7-7.30 and FILLS a disposable so not sure. Any ideas?

Why cotton over night - why not hemp or bamboo?