From birth to potty, the average baby creates more than a tonne of dirty nappies! In Shropshire, waste analysis has shown that disposable nappies are about 4% of all waste (as such this means they are now more than 8% of the residual waste).

This means an incredible 6,000 tonnes of disposable nappies end up buried in landfill sites in Shropshire every year.

There is an alternative to disposable nappies. Modern reusable real cotton nappies are very similar, and just as convenient. By using real nappies, you can reduce waste and save around £500 on the cost of nappies for one baby, and more if they use them again on another baby.

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