Facts and Figures

FACTS

In Australia, 800 million single-use nappies from domestic waste systems are delivered to landfill sites for disposal annually. By taking advantage of modern fabrics and best practice laundry methods, reusable nappies use less energy, land resources andwater to manufacture and care for than single use nappies, and natural-fibre nappies really do biodegrade. Reusability on multiple children means that cloth nappies are the most environmentally sustainable nappy option.

Every disposable nappy ever dumped still exists today as they take centuries to break down.

Washing/hanging out/putting away nappies for a bub in cloth full time takes 7 minutes a day - less time than it takes to go to the store and return home with a box of disposable nappies.

In most cities there are laws against dumping faeces in the garbage, and solid waste must be disposed of in the toilet, regardless of what type of nappy you use³

FIGURES

1.375 Billion disposable nappies used annually in Australia and New Zealand¹

3.75 Million disposable nappies dumped every single day in these 2 nations alone¹.

3 Million trees felled every year to make disposable nappies for Australia / New Zealand¹.

100 intestinal viruses leach from untreated human waste at rubbish dumops, contaminating ground water at land fill and creating risks to sanitation workers.

50% of total household waste will be disposable nappies, in a household with 1 baby using disposable nappies full time¹

7 times better for the environment, reusable nappies compared to one use nappies⁴

2 Tonnes of landfill created by each baby in disposable nappies full time¹.

1 degree hotter the average temperature of a boy's testicles in a disposable nappy - possibly related to increases in infertility and testicular cancer of the last 25 years².

Modern Cloth Nappy Brochure

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