How can using 'real nappies' make a difference?

Every child in the country uses an average of 5,020 disposable nappies in their pre-potty days. This adds up to a staggering 8 million* disposable nappies being sent to landfill every day. That's 93* every second!

If you have just one child using disposables then 50% of everything you dump each week is made up of nappies and their stomach churning contents. This fragrant waste does not decompose easily and could stay around for hundreds of years in your local landfill site. What a stinker!

But there is a practical, easy to use alternative on offer - Real Nappies. Forget complicated terry cotton folding, pins and plastic pants - we are talking about comfortable, easy to wash nappies. They are shaped like disposables, easy to dry, fasten with velcro; poppers or nifty little grips and come in a range of eye-catching delicate fabrics. In fact they are a world away from the ones our mothers laundered and the ones you were probably thinking about!

* SOURCE: Women's Environmental Network