Hate me for doing it if you must but after 5 kids and more Pampers that I care to remember none of them had allergic reactions to SAP. It just soaks up water. Lots of it. Its the gel in disposable diapers that causes rashes and reaction to children not plastic.
Gdiapers inserts and covers are still derived from plastic, and use petroleum based products. Our County Wastewater Treatment Division, which operates major sewage treatment plants serving the Seattle area, asks that no one flush this material down the toilet.
The biosolids which is what the SAP is considered that are removed from wastewater treatment plants are typically sent to landfills, just like disposable diapers. Out of sight, out of mind? When the powdered form becomes wet, it turns into a gel. I recently had a friend visit me with gDiapers and she showed me the procedure for flushing them down the toilet. However, I thought about all that work involved. If the gDiaper went down after all that why not another diaper? My son had wet his Huggies and I decided to give it a try myself.
Ripped one side from the leg-cuff straight down, then the other one. It ripped right through the waistband at the bottom. Then I ripped the top across and just like the gDiaper, the fluff fell out into the bowl.
So far, so good. I flushed the toilet, and let go of it at the same time she had, and sure enough everything went down exactly the same as the gDiaper did. And the covers are cute but just seem to make up for the lack of water-retention in the diaper. My husband and I have made the decision do use a combo of gDiapers and cloth. Excellent to have this choice of using 2 alternatives to those plastic, chemical filled disposable diapers! Thanks, gDiapers!
I just have to post here. I am a tortured soul who recently began asking myself many deep questions about what kind of environmental impact I make and how will it all affect my children and so on.
After reading a LOT around the internet on peoples perspectives and experiences with both cloth and gdiapers I have to say that obviously either method is a great leap above disposables. After evaluating my own feelings on this great debate—my greatest conclusion is that I may choose both cloth and gdiapers because both methods are outstanding alternatives regardless of how much one breaks down the advantages or disadvantages of both.
Gdiapers are a huge appeal because of the convenience and the fact that I can actually flush waste directly away and compost the nitrogen rich urine inserts. Also with Gdiapers, no need for the extras such as detergent no matter how environmentally safe and the electricity involved in washing cloth. Yes,the point was made that if I go out and buy an energy efficient washer which I hope to do—when money becomes such a luxury for me and line dry the cloth it is actually more energy efficient than flushing.
I keep a little spray bottle of it in diaper bag and another on changing table. For the actual wipe—just cut up all those flannel receiving blankets that your invariably so many of into little wipe size pieces. I toss those in her regular laundry. I love to hear that you all are using or going to use diaper service! I did along time ago when my daughter was a baby and toddler. Was great and I also did my own sometimes. I purchased items from Decent Exposures as well.
Good luck with your babies! We loved baby diaper service but unfortunatly had to cancel. They are honestly one of the friendliest companies I have ever had the pleasure of working with and I highly recommend them. Our problem was we were not home enough and it is tough using cloth when you are out and about. I have a 3. We do not use a service, and find it to be very mindless and simple to care for them ourselves.
All we do is a load of wash once every days, hot, with OxyClean TJs has it and green detergent. Poo comes out no problem, and no smells after. We also cut up old shirts. Good luck —. Traffic Cams Weather Community Forums. This topic is empty.
Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 of 15 total. August 4, at pm RainyDay Member. This is all very new to me — thanks! Share This. August 5, at am Cloth rocks! Magpie Participant. August 5, at pm August 6, at am August 6, at pm But with a multitude of innovative new products and resources available online, washing cloth diapers at home has become a more realistic choice for many parents. In May , an extensive study funded by the British federal government found no major differences in the environmental impacts from using disposables, washing cloth diapers at home or using a diaper service.
A cloth-diaper advocacy group, the Real Diaper Association, claims this study had serious flaws. According to Bruce Nordman, an energy and materials use researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, the environmental benefits of cloth diapers largely depend on the user.
If parents focus on reducing energy and water use when they use cloth diapers, they can probably have less of an environmental impact than if they use disposables. As another green option, many area stores now offer chlorine-free diapers alongside regular disposables.
A popular brand, Seventh Generation, contains a small amount of specialized chlorine, a fact noted in small print on its package. But these brown diapers have eliminated most chlorine, and are more eco-friendly than standard disposables. For parents, comparing costs of diapering methods gets complicated. You can find standard, name-brand disposables for as little as 15 cents a diaper, if you buy several hundred at a time at a warehouse club.
But disposables may also cost up to 43 cents apiece, depending on the size and type and where you buy them.
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