The Facts about Disposable Nappies

Disposable Nappies

 When I had my two girls I have to admit to using disposable nappies mostly because of the fact that it was the most convenient way of managing. Given that I breast fed Stephanie for 13mts and Victoria for 7mts, I reckoned that I wouldn't have had time to deal with the cloth nappies.  As a new mum I was so consumed by this little miracle that I gave birth to, that I chose the most convenient way and therefore went the disposable route. So years later when I learned the facts surrounding the disposal and subsequent effect of disposable nappies  had on the planet I was shocked and horrified! I have put together a few interesting facts about this so here goes... You can make up our own mind

• The use of disposable nappies has increased over the past 20 years as a result of their convenience.  A baby will use 6,000 disposable nappies before being potty trained at an average age of 2.5 years

• In the UK around 3 billion disposable nappies are used every year - generating about a half a million tonnes of waste

• They take 500 years to decompose

• Up to now, nappies, adult incontinence and feminine hygiene products (AHPS) have been one of the few remaining household items that go straight to landfill or incineration facilities.

• The challenge of how to dispose of municipal waste exists throughout the world.

• The most common methods of waste disposal, land filling, incineration or composting, pose many environmental concerns and simply can't handle the massive waste streams that are generated globally

However I do have an exciting piece of good news about a company called 'Knowaste' 

Knowaste's recycling process is the world's first, environmentally friendly, and cost effective solution to meeting the global challenge of disposing Absorbent Hygiene Products (AHPs): nappies, adult incontinence and feminine hygiene products. 

Knowaste's

The process involves three key stages:

1. Used nappies, adult incontinence and feminine hygiene products (AHPs) are collected and transported to a Knowaste plant.
2. The Knowaste process sterilizes the AHP material, deactivates and mechanically separates the individual components:  organic residue, plastic and super absorbent polymers.
3. The reclaimed components can then be made into recycled products such as:

Plastic wood Plastic roofing tiles Absorption materials Recycled paper products Green energy     Thankfully there is a renewed interest in the using the cloth nappies and with so much choice out there you won't be disappointed. I don't stock any of the organic cloth nappies as yet but I do intend to do in the near future - so watch this space as I will dedicate one of my blogs and showcase a few of them!

www.organicbabyclothesdirect.com

Best wishes
Jacqueline

Why Buy Organic Baby Products

The Advantages of Organic Baby Products


From the moment a baby is born, she/he is exposed to a range of toxins and chemicals through his/her clothing and food.

This is where organic baby products really matter to parents that are aware and more importantly the health of the baby!


A little planning is all that is needed so you can easily make organic baby food at home to ensure the richest source of nourishment to your baby while its organs and body is growing fast.

There are many organic baby food recipes to make this task easy for you.

The biggest advantage of organic foods is that these have not been sprayed with poisonous insecticides, which in turn ensures toxin free food for your baby.

Just imagine how you would feel knowing that you are giving your baby the best possible chance because like it or not our food is sprayed with toxic chemicals to within an inch of its like! That is fact!

Then we go on to our clothing - it to is sprayed heavily with toxic chemicals - in fact it is sprayed 40 times a season! These chemicals do not come out even after washing! So again babies are the vulnerable ones because their skin is more absorbent than adults.

By choosing organic clothing for your baby, you would be protecting them form the toxins that get into these products through pesticides and chemical fertilizers that would have been used during the cultivation of cotton.

There are also many other baby care products like oils and soaps that are made from natural ingredients that are free from harmful ingredients - I will be stocking these in the near future!

Finally, by choosing organic products for your baby you are not only helping your baby but you are also making a positive impact on the environment for our future generations! So if you are looking for that all important baby gift or baby basics go ahead and log on to

www.organicbabyclothesdirect.com  and enjoy shopping!!

Warm Wishes

Jacqueline x

Organic Baby Clothes Direct

Organic Baby Clothes Direct

www.organicbabyclothesdirect.com 

Hi everyone! check out my new stock! I have also restocked my best sellers - beautifully soft organic cotton playsuits in eye catching colours! Every mother wants the best for their little one, so to help you with this, I have a great variety of organic baby clothes for newborns to six years old. They are perfect for your babies delicate skin because.....

• Certified organic cotton is cotton grown without the use of harmful pesticides, herbicides or artificial fertilizers.

• It is free from formaldehyde finishes and toxic dyes.

• Organic cotton is soft, hard wearing, durable, extremely breathable and still remains beautifully soft even after repeated washes. 

• Organic cotton is grown in fields where the use of pesticides has been discontinued for at least 3 years.

• Successful organic farming is much more labour intensive. Using good bugs to halt the bad bugs and crop rotation and other natural methods, the organic cotton farmers can go about their work without the worry of being poisoned by toxic chemicals.

• This intensive natural farming pays dividends when the end product is gorgeously soft cotton, free from chemicals, just perfect for your baby’s delicate skin.

 DID YOU KNOW

• that a baby's skin is five times thinner than an adults therefore makng it more absorbent.

• that conventional cotton contains residual toxic chemicals that does not come out even after washing

• It takes approx one small cup of chemicals to make one T-shirt.

• This delicate crop is sprayed with chemicals up to 30 to 40 times a season.

• It is one of the most sprayed crops in the world.

• The chemical residue causes water and soil pollution.

• Many of the pesticides and chemicals used in the manufacturing of cotton are petroleum based and therefore stay in the garment even after washing.

• The health of the frontline farmers are compromised by this un-necessary cocktail of chemicals.

• It has been suggested that worldwide conventional cotton production uses about 3% of the farmland but consumes about 25% of the chemical pesticides and fertilizers 

So I hope you enjoy browsing and if you find anything you would like to purchase - that is not a problem  - simply follow the link for my website and from here you can place your order securely online and enjoy the added bonus of free shipping and free gift wrapping!


www.organicbabyclothesdirect.com

Warm wishes 
Jacqueline x