Nappies and the environment

[warmembrace77]

I love PE disposable nappies and I feel like I could never switch to cloth/reusable ones, firstly: they look and feel divine and secondly: I live with two house mates who don't know I wear and washing the would be awkward. 

However, I do feel a some remorse over how much waste it generates, I am aware of the fact that single use plastics have come under fire of late due to their environmental impact. 

I don't think anyone deny how devastating it is to see wild animals on the tv with stomachs full of plastic bags and other plastic materials,  but I love wearing nappies and wetting/messing myself.

 

I can't help but wonder:      

Are the days of PE backed nappies numbered?

Are we going to wake up one day and find that all the ADBL stores have stopped selling disposable dips?  

 

[Alex Bridges]

No, we won’t. 

What may eventually happen, I hope, is someone will invent a biodegradable disposable diaper that is just as effective as the current ones.

[Elfy]

It's possible and was rumoured it would be announced to happen in the UK last year but the Government said they had no plans regarding disposable nappies.

[KyleABDL]

were actually in the process of engineering bacteria that can degrade/ingest plastics, much easier than redesigning chemistry.

give it 5-15years.

https://cen.acs.org/environment/sustainability/Plastics-recycling-microbes-worms-further/96/i25

[Cruiser 03]

With respect to nature , i am a switch hitter cloth and PP's at home ,Northshore supreme boosted on the road or local quick trips ATNS .

It's the best all around I can do , there was only one cloth like disposable that i was confident in ( my diaper should be on my ass and not my mind ) it was redesigned ,renamed and it sucked ,so I went back to PE on the road and continued to wear cloth at home.
I have 12 years on my current set ,so they are just about broke in .

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[Dubious]

This is only a problem in countries with landfills and generally shitty garbage handling 

Norway is banning plastics here and there, but we don't have a plastic problem in the country, as all the plastic in our nature comes in from the sea, but again, we gonna save the world...........