Real vs. disposable nappy debate

[SAHMof1]

In a House of Commons debate yesterday Ivan Lewis (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health) said ?It has to be said that a report by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs found that, in the end, in terms of overall environmental consequences, there was very little difference between disposable and reusable nappies.?

Why are they still using that report when it is known to be flawed!

You know what I like about MN (besides other things...)? The nappy and potty training forum covers all bases, so non-clothies stop by too and can be converted!! I used to visit another parenting website which had a separate cloth nappy forum so the rest of the website never got to hear about them unless they specifically went looking.

flamesparrow - I love the hotwheels flame wrap in your photos - what/where/how???

Weenotions

He'll have grown out of it soon, and I'll be torn between keeping it for posterity (what with him being FlameBoy), and selling

I love weenotions - maybe you should loan it out for a small fee and then get it back when ernie has outgrown it!

Hmmm... I might be prepared to consider that.

More government comments on reusable nappies here

SAHM your drying comment made me laugh! Have visions of you standing next to washing line blowing on nappies to get them dry!