Cloth nappies or disposables?

[davidc4430]

Cloth nappies or disposables? We crunched the numbers so you don't have to

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-25/cloth-nappies-vs-disposables-crunching-the-numbers/11994864

i was under the asumption disposing of human waste in the general rubish was against the law.

if thats so there is tones of soiled nappies being dumped into waste that shouldnt be.

i bet if i pooed in a bucket all the time then tipped it into my big green bin ready for collection by council and they got 'wind' of it.

wow, and what a stink that would be!

id be in big trouble!

and yet families all over are doing exactly that by putting old nappies in the bin!

[martinw-48]

Poor Budgie

[domino-710]

I know - but I did after time manage to move on. 

No more birds after that - other than an angry Cockateil - many many years later.

Leo - was a brute. lol

DD's pet - my cleaning chores.

[davidc4430]

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@imastawka wrote:

Yes Dom, two boys who've never had kids discussing nappies.

Cloth nappies here  as Dom says, waste went in the toilet.

I only had the one, but she had four, and she also used cloth.

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and you did the right thing, re usable cloth nappies and did the messy business of cleaning the .... well making em clean to use again.

but now days you would be in the monority

the disposable nappy is the popular choice and they, including the poo, go into landfill by the tons every day.

i saw those 'chaser' guys doing a reduce waste thing years ago, they created a pile of used disposables for just 1 kid for a year, it was humongous!

how many kids are there creating the same pile every year?

[davidc4430]

ok, it was 2 years

thats a lotta poopy nappies

[icyfroth]

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@martinw-48 wrote:
Of course we know what a copper is.
It's one of those things that walk the streets in a high vis with a handgun on their hip

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[icyfroth]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

Cloth nappies or disposables? We crunched the numbers so you don't have to

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-25/cloth-nappies-vs-disposables-crunching-the-numbers/11994864

i was under the asumption disposing of human waste in the general rubish was against the law.

if thats so there is tones of soiled nappies being dumped into waste that shouldnt be.

i bet if i pooed in a bucket all the time then tipped it into my big green bin ready for collection by council and they got 'wind' of it.

wow, and what a stink that would be!

id be in big trouble!

and yet families all over are doing exactly that by putting old nappies in the bin!

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Well, you know, it's not just the babies. It's the other end of the spectrum, with the aged using disposable "pull-ups".

[domino-710]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

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@imastawka wrote:

Yes Dom, two boys who've never had kids discussing nappies.

Cloth nappies here  as Dom says, waste went in the toilet.

I only had the one, but she had four, and she also used cloth.

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and you did the right thing, re usable cloth nappies and did the messy business of cleaning the .... well making em clean to use again.

but now days you would be in the monority

the disposable nappy is the popular choice and they, including the poo, go into landfill by the tons every day.

i saw those 'chaser' guys doing a reduce waste thing years ago, they created a pile of used disposables for just 1 kid for a year, it was humongous!

how many kids are there creating the same pile every year?

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David - most Mum's distribute the waste - then dispose of the disposable - they are not Neanderthal.

Just because it is disposable - doesn't mean it is not ' emptied ' before disposal.

Geez.

[davidc4430]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@davidc4430 wrote:

Cloth nappies or disposables? We crunched the numbers so you don't have to

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-25/cloth-nappies-vs-disposables-crunching-the-numbers/11994864

i was under the asumption disposing of human waste in the general rubish was against the law.

if thats so there is tones of soiled nappies being dumped into waste that shouldnt be.

i bet if i pooed in a bucket all the time then tipped it into my big green bin ready for collection by council and they got 'wind' of it.

wow, and what a stink that would be!

id be in big trouble!

and yet families all over are doing exactly that by putting old nappies in the bin!

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Well, you know, it's not just the babies. It's the other end of the spectrum, with the aged using disposable "pull-ups".

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so true

we invented the darn things with no thought of the 'what do we do with them after we use them'

they talk about reducing landfill

well imagine no disposable nappies going into landfill, what a difference it would make

maybe homes which use em should have a bin for them, and they get recycled properly?

[davidc4430]

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@domino-710 wrote:

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@davidc4430 wrote:

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@imastawka wrote:

Yes Dom, two boys who've never had kids discussing nappies.

Cloth nappies here  as Dom says, waste went in the toilet.

I only had the one, but she had four, and she also used cloth.

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and you did the right thing, re usable cloth nappies and did the messy business of cleaning the .... well making em clean to use again.

but now days you would be in the monority

the disposable nappy is the popular choice and they, including the poo, go into landfill by the tons every day.

i saw those 'chaser' guys doing a reduce waste thing years ago, they created a pile of used disposables for just 1 kid for a year, it was humongous!

how many kids are there creating the same pile every year?

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David - most Mum's distribute the waste - then dispose of the disposable - they are not Neanderthal.

Just because it is disposable - doesn't mean it is not ' emptied ' before disposal.

Geez.

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really?

you want me to buy 'most' mums take the poopy nappys and scrape the poops into the toot before putting them in the rubbish bin?

pull the other one

[lyndal1838]

Recycled disposables???

Yuck.

Any suggestions as to what they could be recycled into?