Cloth alternatives benefit the environment AND your pocket
How much money will you literally throw away if you choose disposable nappies? You could save £500 per child by choosing cloth nappies. But that’s not the only saving you’ll make. Even taking the washing cycle into consideration, cloth nappies have a substantially lower impact on the environment.
- Mums (and dads too!) can save £500 per child using cloth nappies
- The average child stays in nappies for around 30 months.
- Disposables will cost nearly £1000 till potty-trained
- One cup of crude oil is used to make each disposable nappy
- Disposable nappies use chlorine to make them white
- It costs four and a half trees to make enough nappies for one baby for 30 months.
- The carbon footprint of a baby in disposable nappies is 62 kilos of CO2 more than a baby using cloth nappies.
- Eight million nappies are thrown away every day in the UK
- A disposable nappy takes between 200 to 500 years to degrade
Source: Women’s Environmental Network
More and more parents are discovering the financial and environmental benefits of cloth nappies, and while there is an initial outlay, it is the cheaper option. And it won’t cost the earth!
White squares and safety pins
Do you remember cloth nappies yourself? Like everything, times have changed and they’re no longer the boring white squares of the seventies. Real cloth nappies come in a range of colours and shapes, some have Velcro fastenings, and there are is a wide range of accessories available to make changing them a lot easier than it used to be.
See it in your own home
Real nappy advisor Mandy Gillies offers nappy demonstrations in the your home or hers. Call 08456 446651 or 07793 433 873 to arrange an appointment.
My name is Mandy Gillies and I’m a mother of seven and I have used real cloth nappies with all my babies. I am the only council-approved real nappy advisor for the Moray area helping parents choose from a wide range of cloth nappy options.
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