SOMERSET NEWS: Support Real Nappy Week and make the switch

PARENTS with young children are being encouraged to help the environment by supporting Real Nappy Week and make the switch and stop using costly and polluting disposables that fill Somerset’s landfill sites.

Easy-to-wash reusable “real”, “cloth” or “washable” nappies come in a range of designs, colours and materials, including cotton, bamboo, hemp and wool. Many find them a great alternative to the plastic, chemical gel and wood pulp of disposables.

Real nappies make both financial and environmental sense, as they can save at least £500 per child, and avoid spending £100 a tonne to dump filled nappies in landfill to decay for 300 years while releasing the powerful greenhouse gas methane.

By using real nappies rather than disposable nappies, parents can significantly reduce their household rubbish and also avoid contributing to the three billion nappies a year sent to landfill across the UK.

PHOTOS: Real nappies can save parents £500 per child and avoid landfilling waste.

A Somerset Waste Partnership spokesman said: “Parents across Somerset choose to use cloth nappies all or some of the time for both financial and environmental reasons.

“Parents can save at least £500 per child with easy-to-use washable nappies, and even more if they use the nappies for subsequent children.

“And when their last child is out of nappies, there is a ready market for good quality reusables, too, so parents can recoup some of the costs by selling them.

“Real nappies are cheaper than disposables, better for the environment, and do not leave a lingering, polluting legacy of your child in the Somerset countryside for hundreds of years.”

Real Nappy Week is being held from April 20-26, 2015.

For more on real nappies, including Somerset support groups and suppliers: http://www.somersetwaste.gov.uk/more/nappies.

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