petition

[La Que Sabe]

hi there,
i've made a nappy petition up, please read it and if you agree with it, please sign it =]
thank you.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bdn/index.html

[La Que Sabe]

hi there,
i've made a nappy petition up, please read it and if you agree with it, please sign it =]
thank you.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bdn/index.html (http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bdn/index.html)

[NibbleCurlynBub]

Actually, I have seen easily biodegradable disposable nappies on sale at Woolies and Coles tons of times. :yes:

and BabyLove make an Eco nappy...

[SorenLorensen]

Actually, I have seen easily biodegradable disposable nappies on sale at Woolies and Coles tons of times. :yes:

and BabyLove make an Eco nappy...

yeah i have bought them a few times. i cant remember the brand but they are at every coles and woolies here. they are in a white packet with a black and white photo on them.....oh and the nappies have pictures of leaves all over them.


we also have the babylove ones, i haven't tried them though. i don't know much about them other then they are in a green packet

[Chickadee]

Evelynn, I've merged your two threads into one.

[La Que Sabe]

yep i know the brand, we buy them sometimes...can't remember the name nature care or something, but i'm interested in getting huggies and such to create a biodegrable one as they are very well known. and the baby love ones aren't 100% biodegradable, and neither are the nature care [or whatever] ones.

[La Que Sabe]

bump:o

[La Que Sabe]

bump :o

[missie_mack]

Biodegradable disposable nappies have been found to ineffective in breaking down in domestic landfill.

Perhaps it would be better to be petitioning your local council about having a disposable nappy recycling system or at least a common disposal unit for the district so that they can be disposed of by alternate methods :)

[La Que Sabe]

is that because all the rubbish is in plastic bags anyway?
is there a source for this ?
thanks for that!

[missie_mack]

The new eco-disposable promise to be part of solution to the landfill nightmare. While they are biodegradable, few are 100 per cent. Reading thepackaging carefully. Many parents feel that any improvement in biodegradability is a step in the right direction towards reducing landfill issues, and will not be as concerned about percentages. However, some are more earnest and look for a guaranteed 100 per cent biodegradable/compostable nappy. Even though Standards Australia has developed Australian Standards for biodegradable plastics in 2006, no independent body monitors the veracity of the eco-disposable biodegradability. At the moment, your only guarantee of 100 per cent biodegradability- if you want to be sure- is to compost a sample yourself and see if it completely breaks down. You need to compost properly, in the right soil and compost conditions.

It's a popular misconception that biodegradable materials breakdown in landfill sites. Some do, some don't. Each situation depends on conditions of the landfill and how it's treated by that particular council. Rubbish deposited in landfills is compressed and sealed under tonnes of soil. This minimises oxygen and moisture, which are essential for microbial decomposition. For biodegradable materials to effectively decompose, they need to be treated like compost. In response, city councils are implementing waste minimisation programs including composting, so the pressure is now on for eco-disposables to make themselves truly compostable
Taken from Kindred Magazine Sep- Nov 2007 The Nappy Guide Pages 20- 22

There is a lot more discussions about eco nappies in landfill if you search the hub too.

Of course you also need to consider that many of the eco nappies are no where near as absorbant as the standard disposable. As per usual I will always argue that its not how we dispose of our nappies but what we do with them. I believe it would be far far far more environmentally friendly to harness the energy created by disposables particularly due to the heat created from them for electricity purposes instead of burning brown coal.

Anyhow I would love to discuss this more with you but I have to go to work now... See if you can google up that article. It is quite a few pages with a lot of references. Great reading really for anyone even the most devoted disposable user. I would love to see someone take on the task of composting a eco disposable and photographing the nappy once a month to see how it is breaking down :yes:

[BrettysGirl]

I know this is old but our Council gives a welcome baby package (given at the first Early Childhood Health Nurse Visit) that includes a couple of disposable bio nappies (like the G diaper?) & some cloth breast pads, washers etc..... DEFINITELY try to get your council on board with that.