Why Use Real Nappies
You may have reached this site because you are interested in using Real Nappies, and while one reason to use them might be for environmental reasons, there are many other benefits to using Real Nappies:
REAL NAPPIES ARE:
GREAT FOR YOUR POCKET
With savings of up to £800 over the time your baby is in nappies, real nappies are more affordable than disposables.
You can then use them again on another baby or resell
You may have a larger outlay at the start, but this can be reduced by incentives that many councils offer.
Also if you are buying sized nappies, just get your first size to start with, buying complete kits can often mean that you may waste money.
GREAT FOR YOUR BABY
Baby wears natural materials rather than scratchy paper, dyes, perfumes & absorbency chemicals found in disposables.
You can easily judge the wetness of nappies - A vital sign of health
Disposables can overheat a baby's bottom
Cloth Nappies help to strengthen hip positioning. They also provide extra padding, and support the spine when a baby is learning to walk and bumping onto his bottom
Using Real Nappies should make potty training easier
AS CONVENIENT AS DISPOSABLES
New designs allow nappies to be simple and easy to put on.
A well fitting cloth nappy and wrap should not leak runny poo, in fact they should leak less than disposables.
No soaking required, easily washed in a machine.
Can be tumble dried.
Real Nappies do not smell horrible like disposables because there is no reaction between wee and poo and chemicals.
GREAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Reduces greenhouse gases and
Reduces the ever growing 'nappy mountain'
(8 million nappies are thrown away in the UK EVERY DAY)
PARENTS LOVE USING REAL NAPPIES
Most people who have used real nappies will love telling you about it and the nappies they use.
Do you or will you love using disposables?
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 NEWS Mountain Of Nappy Waste One Baby In Disposables Will Produce - A Full 132 Bin Bags
The Environment Agency report reveals cloth nappies can save 40% carbon emissions
Washable nappies can save 40% carbon emissions over disposables the updated published Environment Agency study reveals.
An Updated Lifecycle Assessment Study for Disposable and Reusable Nappies examines the environmental impacts of the two systems. While at first glance the report suggests there may be little to choose between them, it shows how a good washing routine can make all the difference. Simply washing nappies in fuller loads in an energy efficient machine and line drying them provides over 40% reduction in carbon. Reusing nappies on a second child saves even more.
Biba Hartigan of Women's Environmental Network (WEN) says: "At last, this report supports what WEN has been stating for decades - real nappies are best for the environment with 40% carbon savings to be made over disposables. It's easy to make a difference with a sensible washing routine. It's just common sense. And parents can save money with real nappies too."
The difference between the systems could be even greater. Some key assumptions in the report are questionable. It is assumed that people use more washable nappies than disposables. WEN research based on larger, statistically sound samples has found that there is no difference in the number of nappies used.
Unlike the simple washing routine which anyone can adopt now, improvements posed for the disposables system are not currently available. Further weight reduction requires technological development and widespread MBT recycling is a long way off.
WEN is concerned that the Environment Agency and Defra have chosen not to publicise these findings. One day they make a commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050 and the next they miss an opportunity to promote information which could help every young family in the country achieve a 40%+ carbon saving on nappies.
An Updated Lifecycle Assessment Study for Disposable and Reusable Nappies Environment Agency 17/10/2008 is an addendum to the Life Cycle Assessment of Disposable and Reusable Nappies in the UK, 2005, is published by the Environment Agency 17 October 2008 and is available to view in full on the Defra website.
Women's Environmental Network (WEN) is the only organisation working consistently for women and the environment www.wen.org.uk T 020 7481
The Mountain of nappy waste was produced using recyclable waste.
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