| The 'cloth versus disposable' nappies argument | | | | child, you'll have to fork out another £1000. Cloth |
| provokes the same debate time and time again, with | | | | nappies on the other hand will cost around £400, |
| sceptics suggesting that cloth nappies are equally | | | | including the laundry costs. Oh, and when your second |
| expensive and just as bad for the planet as | | | | child comes along, you can use them again, which |
| disposables (based on the notion that washing them | | | | brings the cost down to £200 a child. |
| counteracts any good.) So, here are a few snippets of | | | | Real nappies are not even difficult to use these days. |
| information to help clear things up a little! | | | | In fact they are just as convenient as disposables. |
| Real nappies are more environmentally friendly than | | | | There are so many options, with Velcro and popper |
| disposables, even when you take the use of the | | | | fastenings to make it even easier, and not enough |
| washing machine into consideration. Britain alone | | | | space to list them here, but you definitely won't be |
| throws away 8 million disposable nappies a day (3 | | | | struggling with safety pins! Just do a little research |
| billion a year) and we're knocking down 5 million trees | | | | online to find out more - is a good place to start. |
| a year just to keep babies in disposables. That's a lot | | | | And, although cloth nappies can be a bit bulkier than |
| of nappies to be sitting around in landfill, and they'll still | | | | disposables, it's quite easy to find clothes that fit over |
| be there up to 500 years from now. In fact every | | | | them, without having to buy a size up. Frugi, for |
| single disposable that has ever been made is still sitting | | | | example, sells organic baby clothes that are specifically |
| in a landfill somewhere on our planet. | | | | 'Cut4Cloth' (the whole company started 5 years ago |
| So it doesn't take a genius to work out that washable | | | | specializing in clothes to fit big cloth nappies, and they |
| nappies are a better option for the planet, but what | | | | now sell kids clothes as well.) |
| about the money side of things? Well, here's the thing; | | | | So it's a bit of a no-brainer really;they are better for the |
| based on an average of nappies being used for 2 and | | | | environment, cheaper, easy to use and they look very |
| a half years, disposables will cost you over | | | | cute as well! |
| £1000. That's for one child. If you have another | | | | |