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Using Real Nappies not only reduces the amount of waste you use, it also encourages us to reuse by laundering.

Did you know?

  • Your baby will have approximately 2,000 nappy changes a year
  • Just think – your baby will use about 5,000 disposable nappies until potty trained!
  • You could save £500 by using reusable nappies on your baby.

More and more parents are saying no to disposable nappies as they realise that cotton nappies are a natural, easy to use and cost effective alternative to disposable nappies – and they don’t cost the earth!

It’s a factSelection of coloured Real Nappies

  • In Wales a staggering 200 million disposable nappies are thrown away every year – that’s almost 500 every minute!
  • It takes hundreds of years for a disposable nappy to biodegrade in our diminishing landfill sites
  • Families with one baby could cut their waste in half by choosing to use cotton nappies.


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