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Use Eco Nappies

Updated 12 January 2017 09:43 AM

There is an increasing range of modern cloth nappies and compostable nappies available now that are truly functional.  There are really three options, each with their own eco pros and cons, so it is best to choose the option the suits your lifestyle.


  1. Cloth Nappies - while only 10% of the population opt for cloth, technology is improving all the time and most brands are now pin free and shaped to baby's body. There are also laundries like Lavenderia who will actually wash them for you! 
  2. Cloth reusable 'pant' with an absorbent insert which is disposed of - via the toilet or composted. 
  3. Disposable nappies - around which there is still a lot of debate. There are products in the market that claim to be compostable and certainly most eco nappies have none of the chemicals and perfumes that more conventional disposables have. Ecoriginals certainly seems to have developed a formula for a truly biodegradable nappy. 

One thing that is clear is that there is less and less reasons to use the old fashioned disposable nappies that are propping up landfill all over Australia.

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Science Notes

A new born baby uses around 8 nappies each day and more than 5,000 in their first few years on the planet. In Australia, disposable nappies make up on average, between five and eight per cent of every rubbish bag sent to landfill.

One conventional disposable nappy takes at least 200 years to decompose. Hazardous materials may leak out during decomposition and pollute local groundwater. 

Related Tip

Any nappy containing polyethylene or polypropylene are not compostable, despite being called Eco Nappies. Nappies made by companies like Ecoriginals are biodegradable, and free from chlorine, phthalates, fragrances, latex and heavy metals.>

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