are these nappies really biodegradable or am i kidding myself?

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i bought the ones in sainsbury's today which say they are made by a swedish mum who wanted to make 'better nappies'. i usually use cloth but dd is wetting quite heavily at night now and my cloth ones aren't really doing it.

question is, am i choking the planet by using one of these a night? it says on the packet that they 'contain' biodegradable materials; not that they ARE biodegradable.
i smell a rat.

It depends of what you do with them when you finish with them - not sure what percentage of materials in your nappies is biodegradeable (some are almost 100%, others less) but many will not degrade in landfill as conditions do not allow them too - you would have to compost them at home ideally.

They are better than an ordinary disposable IMO because they do not use the chemicals that are routinely used in ordinary disposables.

They are much less environmentally friendly than cloth (for many reasons which I sure you can work out) but using one at night is better than going 100% disposable isn't it?

What cloth nappies are you using that are letting you down?

btw - what brand are the ones from sainsburys?

BigBadMouse is right that although they are technically biodegradable, they will likely not do so in landfill.

The Nature ones are pretty good I think, but if eco-friendliness is most important to you then the best ones to go for are Moltex. They are a funny beige/grey colour but this is because they don't use bleach etc. I believe they have the most eco-friendly manufacturing process and have the highest percentage of biodegradable bits. I've been using them and Nature on my 2 week old DS until he is big enough to fit into cloth easily (and until I have fully persuaded my DH!) and have found Moltex as good if not better in terms of keeping him dry. You can bulk buy them from www.spiritofnature.co.uk

The ones from Sainsbury's are Nature. I've used Moltex in the past and should have got them this time but TBH I forgot!

BBM, I'm using fuzzi bunz at the moment. Fine in the daytime but not at night.
Any suggestions for a really good pocket nappy for night time? Hopeless trying to get a nappy and wrap on wriggly dd before bed..

Nice inexpensive idea to try for nighttimes.

Get hold of a bamboo terry square, fold it into a pad shape and insert into fuzzi...that'll take some beating IME. It can be a bit bulky but being bamboo is very flexible and soft for night time - you can always cut it down in size if you don't need all the bulk or cut it right down and use as reserve inserts for daytime.

i like that idea..
where can i get bamboo terry squares?

ohhh lots of places....here seems to have as good a price as anywhere else.

Don't get them from peachy cheeks on ebay as they aren't overlocked and fray (although you can still use them as pocket inserts even when frayed - I do).

The babeco ordinary squares are good quality so I guess the bamboo ones are good too - they supply them as rectangles and you wash them to get them square. I've heard they often stay a bit rectangular but not a problem for your intended use.

Before going cloth I used Nature disposable ones 100% of the time. They are notorious amongst my friends for not seeing their LOs through the night. I had Nature ones in the day but had to go Moltex at night or else I'd have to change DS at a night-time feed (which I obviously wouldn't want to do).

Also they are not that biodegradable, plus they would need to be disposed of very specifically to actually biodegrade. I think it would be easy to convince yourself that it is an equally green option to cloth, when really it isn't. Sorry!