Bio-degradable nappies...is it me, or are they a bit rubbish?

[theUrbanDryad]

i was very keen to use to bio-degradable nappies when ds was tiny as i didn't think i could be bothered to use washables when he was so little. i've yet to find a brand that are anywhere near as good as the environmentally crap ones. ds kept being very very wet and having streaks of poo down his legs. also, they are very expensive.

anyone know of any good brands of eco-friendly disposables??

just use cloth, you cab buy second hand or use squares and fold them yuorself? I've tried the eco friendly ones, and they are crap and really uncomfortable for them

agree they are rubbish. the fasteners don't always do up and they are bulky and tend to leak. Shame really - guess they don't have the research budget of pampers et al

even Moltex ?

they don't biodegrade in the UK anyway as they are buried in landfill.
plus you will probably use more of them as they are less absorbent

why not use Pampers/Huggies whatever and use reusables when you are at home / if convenient.. at least that way you will use fewer?

we do use cloth nappies - the TotsBots fluffes are fab! - but was thinking for when it wasn't convenient to use washables, like on holiday or whatever...

Which ones have you tired, I found Moltex better than pampers, huggies etc.

Moltex are the ones i used, but ds always seemed to leak to the left. actually, he leaks to the left with Pampers too. i use Morrisons/Tesco's own now...

i like moltex but did here theyve changed design to make them more biodegradable.

we use cloth but on occasions when ive not been at home whoever is with dc use moltex

Have used Bambo with both of mine and never had any problems.

I used nature boy/girl and found they kept everything in but the tabs were a bit a bit sharp and kept making dd's thighs sore! I've gone back to huggies for now but was wanting to ask the same question myself. Thought about Moltex but they are very expensive.

if you use biodegradable nappies do you compost them? cos if you just put them in your normal rubbish surely there is no point?

I tried going down the washables route, but it didn't work for me for too many reasons to go into.

I now use the Nature Babycare disposable ones, which I find just as effective as Huggies/Pampers etc (and they don't emit that wierd photocopy ink type smell that comes from Pampers!) They're not that much more expensive - my main problem is getting them locally - I have to get Boots to order them in especially for me because none of the local stores stock them (I don't think the local demographic here is "middle class" enough for the head offices of shops to think there is need for them, despite all my letter writing - )

Moltex also don't have that awful smell which is why I used them when not using cloth.

We use Nature Babycare and I find them very good. I certainly don't use more than when dd2 was in Huggies.
We get them from Waitrose.
Maybe I'm being extremely naive but I thought that despite them going into landfill their impact on those landfill sites wouldn't be as bad and far reaching as Huggies etc.

We get them from Waitrose. I also use their nappy bags and breastpads which are very good.

unless the conditions are right even biodegradable things like paper won't degrade. landfills are much too dry. archeologists have newspapers dating from years back in landfills.

Yes, I also was under the impression that if materials in a nappy were biodegradable they would have less of an impact, even if in a landfill site - but then I am no scientist...

I have seen the Nature Babycare stuff in branches of Waitrose, Mothercare, Boots and Sainsburys (just not locally to me! Maybe if more mums complain about the lack of choice things will change...)

Bambo eco are a good brand as someone's already said. I've noticed a few of the eco catalogues recommending them above Moltex now because they're better value but just as eco friendly.

However I use eco disposables not because of the environmental impact, but more about not wanting tpo put weirdy chemicals next to my baby's skine (sodium polyacrylate crystals anyone?)

eww those crystals

when i used to change ds out of night nappy he'd have them on his tummy poor little pickle. now we use the Bumbles at night and they're fabbo!!

i have read better things on this which i will try and hunt out but this says

"Some nappies contain biodegradable plastic, however degradation only takes place given the right conditions, which may not be found in British landfill sites, where most throwaway nappies end up"

but could you compost them yourself?

They should compost in a wormery. Wriggly wigglers do all sorts of wormeries including turbo worms which sounds fantastic. I should really get a turbo worm - I fel like I'm missing out....

if you compost them they biodegrade in 6 weeks.

Wiggly Wigglers

They do fab organic bouquets too - that might be nicer than a turbo worm...