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Anyone watching programme on BBC2 now about Cloth Nappies etc

13 replies

ClodaghR · 01/09/2005 20:49

Anyone.

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Socci · 01/09/2005 20:55

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Thomcat · 01/09/2005 20:58

yes, scary seeing those nappies like that.

pootlepod · 01/09/2005 21:06

Yes!

Not bad for a media view on nappies, half expected to see terries and pins!

misdee · 01/09/2005 21:15

think they could have choosen a few different ones to try, i hate Kooshies nappies. AIO are a pain to dry.

love the amsterdam way of dealing wiuth the nappies tho!

moondog · 01/09/2005 21:16

What do they do in Amsterdam then??
Can't get BBC2 in Turkey!

misdee · 01/09/2005 21:20

they recycle disposables.

i cant remember how, but it was very good.

pootlepod · 01/09/2005 21:25

They separate the plastic and 'filling' part of the nappy.

The plastic bit gets made into small ball things and then is made into roofing materials etc.

As the 'filling' bit is in the form of gel (the gel that is in the nappy) they add some sort of chemical salt solution to it and this turns it back into water and fibre. They can then seaparate the two of these and reuse them.

Two things I wondered, is what the environmental cost of doing this is, i.e. does it require a lot of heat to do the process. And secondly, it still encourages people to recycle rather than reduce in the first place.

What does everyone else think?

misdee · 01/09/2005 21:26

i wasd wondering that as well, and how do they collect the nappies? do they issue people with a 'nappy bin' and do doorstep collections?

watching these programmes makes me want to cut down on waste more as well. must get prganised. (but now worries on the nappy front, i am a cloth nappy addict)

LilacLotus · 01/09/2005 21:27

i thought the nappy recycling in holland was a brilliant thing and was wondering why that isn't done here yet!

moondog · 01/09/2005 21:28

Agree pootlepod,but it's astart..
There was a letter in the Guardian recently from some Top Chapin the plastics industry who pointed out that the use of plastic has reduced the need for a lot of (natural) packaging which would invariably be discarded after one use.

pootlepod · 01/09/2005 21:30

I would like the Penney woman to come to my house! We have made quite a few environmental changes to our lives since dd and whilst I don't think for one moment that we are perfect I would like to know where we stand on reducing the impact and what more we could do.

And I would so love to talk about mooncups on primetime bbc2!

pootlepod · 02/09/2005 13:35

Just found this nappy recycling link on another site, thought some of you might be inerested.

Eaney · 02/09/2005 14:14

Thought this was interesting -Cloth Vs Disposable on Environment

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