On 23/8/08 16:34, in article
, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"Judith in France" wrote in message
news:263a0289-8654-4aca-8f51-
You are absolutely right Martin, how stupid to leave a bin for 2
weeks, in Summer????? What about young mothers and all those
disposable nappies, two weeks of disposable in the bin, I would think
we will end up with health problems before long.

Judith


Why are people still using disposable nappies?

Mary

Presumably for the same reason we don't all still go around in horses and
traps - convenience. If you give up your car to save the planet, will a
young mother you know, give up using disposables?
Not surprisingly, as many of mothers work nowadays, they don't want to
*have* to deal with dirty nappy liners, soaking nappies in buckets, lugging
the bucket around, pouring the filthy water away down an outside drain (if
they have one), watching the nappies revolve for an hour in the washing
machine, try to get them dry on cold, wet days if they haven't a tumble
dryer, (both of which use up earth's resources too) or spending a fortune on
using electricity if they have and then draping them around the house on
radiators or airers, trying to get them fit for junior to do it all over
again. I remember those days - what jolly laughs we had.
As it is, you can get biodegradable disposable nappies now
http://www.earthlets.co.uk/product/53/nappies.htm
and there is also a marvellous gadget for the bathroom which takes used
disposable nappies and twists each into its own little 'envelope' and then,
when the drum of plastic is finished, you take the whole sealed length out
and throw it away. It's not exposed to flies and there is almost zero
odour.


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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon