Composting nappies
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Topic: Composting nappies
Posted By: BellaBoo
Subject: Composting nappies
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 6:12pm
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Anyone see that on the news? Sounds interesting ------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 6:14pm
| Didn't see it but doesn't it have to be a special kind of nappy (not the usual ones)?? |
Posted By: BellaBoo
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 6:18pm
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I wasnt watching it closely but it seems that Huggies are going to put one out. They are also proposing a collection of nappies weekly and then going in a specially made composter. $5 a fortnight or something ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 6:21pm
I've seen that before on some other show.. Ewwwwwww! composting poo and pee, our compost goes on our vege garden so that would just be  Much rather wash it out! lol
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Posted By: aussiegirl
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 6:24pm
I just saw it on the news...looks interesting! In the christchurch and canterbury area by the end of the year apparently  -------------  Mum to Hayley **30.6.08
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 6:25pm
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I've see that too on a different show, my only thing is the same as Stacey's we use our compost on our vege garden. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 6:34pm
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Sounds gross, all that plastic
That's why we're going cloth this time. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 7:50pm
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From what I saw they take them away and use super heat to break them down, you are not composting them at home and using it on your own garden. I thought it looked like a good idea, I still use a few disposables and would be happy to have a good way to get rid of them I hate just sticking them in the bin. Also with disposables you are still suppose to put the poos down the toilet just most people can't be bothered. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 8:22pm
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I think its a great idea anything to help the environment. I hate putting sposies in the rubbish, I'm a bit of a greenie, hence the reason I have made my own supply of MCN's!
My Mum made a comment tonight and its got me thinking, imagine how many nappies daycare centres put out with there rubbish  especially since most are anti cloth??------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: popcorn
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 8:30pm
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what a great idea! i would definitely buy them
I would love to put the poos down the toilet but they are not solid enough |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 8:32pm
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Well, I don't know too much about it but I don't know about this 'helping the environment' - I have seen a similar thing that they did a doco on the trial thing in CHCH.
Yes it is reducing waste. But is it using extreme amount of energy to run this thing? And it is still encouraging a 'disposable culture' which is what I would like to see people move away from. |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 8:45pm
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Nikki I meant helping the environment by reducing the amount of waste, that was my way of thinking, but I didn't really think about the running of the composter ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 8:53pm
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I just also saw a thread on trademe which mentions the manufacturing of disposables too... which is a HUGE environmental factor.
Don't worry, I wasn't meant to hassle you I just know there are a whole lot of companies out there trying to appear environmentally friendly on the surface, who really don't think about the full effect of their product/service.
Take our power company for instance. On the back of its brochure it has an "Environmental Award" - but I couldn't find who had actually given this award. My guess is that the company made it up themselves in order to fool people into thinking it was a more 'green' than it is.
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 28 March 2008 at 9:19am
I think it is great! Especially for all the canterbury people! And a small price to pay for something that we don't have to feel guilty about buying! I will be one buying the biodergradable (sp?) bags.
As for compost, about a year ago, I found a disposable nappy in our garden, it was one of those swimmers, and there was a lovely little worm garden, so they can't be that bad. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: 3boys
Date Posted: 28 March 2008 at 7:44pm
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I think is good that they are doing something but it is not enough and certainly not on a scale to reall ymake a difference - just a great PR exercise I think. It also doesn't address the issue of resource consumption - Most of the impact and emissions with nappies are in the production and transportation of them as opposed to the waste disposal.
Of course there are these same issues with cloth however they are much reduced as you only ever use a certain amount and they are usually reused on other children. I agree with the comment above - we have a real disposable culture. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 28 March 2008 at 8:37pm
Shouldn't you scrape all that poo out of the nappy before binning it/composting it anyways?!?!? Human feacal (sp?) matter into the soil
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kebakat wrote:Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 28 March 2008 at 8:52pm
Where do you think it ends up when you flush it down the loo? lol... beaches, rivers, in the ground etc |