Nappy liners and septic tanks

Hi girls,

I have a question for the mummies who live rurally. DH has told me that because we're on a septic tank, I won't be able to flush my biodegradable nappy liners down the loo.

Is this true? If so, any suggestions? I don't want to buy one of those Sangenic jobbies as incasing them in plastic would defeat the purpose of having biodegradable ones.

Thanks for the info, HB. Guess I'll just have to use reusable liners. But that to me sounds messy and I'm a bit worried about how much water we're going to be using! Anyone out there use reusable liners? Got any tips on how to clean them using as little water as possible?

Yup, I'd flag the liners altogether like misscheeky.
I tried both microfleece and flushable liners with DS and found he would poo outside the reuseable ones anyway and the flushable ones really irritated his bum.
Just my experience but it was easier just rinsing off and washing the nappies.

I don't use liners either (although they do at daycare cos it means they don't need to rinse the nappies) BUT I wanted to say some flushable liners are ok for use in septic tanks. Most aren't (they're made of sterner stuff than your average toilet paper) but if you got some of the 'spunlace' type liners they are cellulose without the chemical bonding agents so are fine in septic tanks. (Course it depends on your tank system too - I'd be less comfortable flushing them into a fancy aerated newfangled system but we have an ancient concrete tank so no worries here.)

eg these ones

Worth a try if you really think you need liners (although I tried them and found because they were softer they bunched up a lot so weren't much use, but that could be baby/nappy specific!).