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121 posts & 43 voices | Started 2 years ago by Tracker1972 | Latest reply from molgrips

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trb - Member

I've always been confused on the biodegradable nappy front.

My boys pampers is non-biodegrable, goes into landfill and sits there doing nothing much for 100 years

My mates boys biodegradable nappy, goes into landfill, degrades, creates methane, which escapes into the atmosphere and does it's bit as a greenhouse gas.

Which is best?

nb, one of the funniest things I've seen in the last couple of years was a bloke who tried to compost "biodegradable" nappies at home. The sight of him racking through a years worth of old nappies to remove the non-degradable tags and stretchy bits was something to see. It appeared that they were only 70% biodegradable!

Posted 2 years ago #
molgrips - Member

Trb, the probem is there isnt' enough physical space for all the crap we throw away. It's been a big problem for many many years. A lot of councils are really struggling.

Posted 2 years ago #
uplink - Member

.the probem is there isnt' enough physical space for all the crap we throw away..

have you tried India?

Posted 2 years ago #
mastiles_fanylion - Member

Trb, the probem is there isnt' enough physical space for all the crap we throw away. It's been a big problem for many many years. A lot of councils are really struggling.

Agreed - but as nappies only account for 4% of it, I wouldn't worry. It's the other 96% we should be worrying about. That and the useless recycling programmes some councils have (Harrogate Council, I am talking to you).

Posted 2 years ago #
Rich_s - Member

Unlikely there's much margin on either of those super high volume high competition product lines imo.. but then I know naff all about grocery retail

Join the club. All I know is I'm gonna be in a world of sh1t

Posted 2 years ago #
Dr_Bakes - Member

trb. Both will decompose eventually only one will take a lot longer about it. Added to that the more biodegradable option will have been produced largely from renewable sources (taking up CO2) and less petrochemical products. But yeah turns out they're not 100% biodegradable and specifically don't recommend home composting! I'd not like to find that out a year down the line.

Posted 2 years ago #
djglover - Member

There simply must be physical space for all the stuff we throw away, it all came from somewhere. If there is a pile here then there is a great big hole the same size somewhere else.

On a seperate note, my twins did 9 craps yesterday and it went to landfill at 8:30am this morning

Posted 2 years ago #
molgrips - Member

Yeah but MF, we need to reduce our rubnbish across the board. No point at all ignoring something you can change just because something else is worse.

At our house, the disposables we do use are about 40-50% of our total throwaway rubbish, and that's with using 1 a day sometimes two.

Posted 2 years ago #
molgrips - Member

There simply must be physical space for all the stuff we throw away, it all came from somewhere

That's pretty daft. So you are saying we should take all our plastic bottles and shove them down a deep hole in the middle east? Take all our paper waste, make it into big tall sticks and stick it in the ground in Sweden? Take all our metal and leave it in quarries in Russia?

Smart lad!

Posted 2 years ago #
mastiles_fanylion - Member

Yeah but MF, we need to reduce our rubnbish across the board. No point at all ignoring something you can change just because something else is worse.

Agreed - we do recycle what we can in our area (glass, card etc). But Harrogate Council don't do plastic for some inexplicable reason (nearest place is 18 miles away). We also make firebricks from old newspapers.

I have said several times on this thread that we initially looked at re-usables, but given the (arguable) negligible benefits we decided we would take what was the easier option for us on that one.

Posted 2 years ago #
molgrips - Member

Yes mate, I have read that several times.. but this is now a discussion about disposability in general not about you

Posted 2 years ago #
mrsflash - Member

we plan to use (mostly) washable. In fact a friend has just given me a load free. result.

Posted 2 years ago #
Tracker1972 - Member

Ermmm, actually it is a discussion about me and disposables it is, think they will fit in with our lifestyle and besides, I have ordered them now, all in £135 for a set that should see us through from "birth to potty".
If it works out then it is a bargain, if it doesn't it isn't a huge loss (am sure they will get some use).

Posted 2 years ago #
molgrips - Member

£135 for a set of disposables? Do you mean re-usables?

Posted 2 years ago #
Tracker1972 - Member

Oh, ermmm, yea (damn, too late to edit it as well) I was just checking you were reading carefully? (most people clearly ignore most posts in a thread and someone has to go and read mine!!!)
Yes, with the £25 back from the council it comes in at £145 (late night maths let me down) for a set of reusables, these ones as it happens...

Posted 2 years ago #
molgrips - Member

Ooh they are foldable squares.. brave At least the wraps look well cut tho. Good luck.. tbh I think the squares will be easier to dry - the elastic in our tots buts bunches them up a bit which I think makes it a bit slower.

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