Initially, nappies are used as a substitute to the cloth. Basically, it is made of two sheets of non-wovenmaterialbetween which an absorbent pad is squeezed.Here, comfortable shape has been given to the nappy by thenon-woven material and it also helps to prevent leakage.The absorbent pad is carefully designed such that it absorbs and retains body fluids.

Reusable nappies for your baby:

Reusable fitted nappies like organic hemp and bamboo nappies perform same as that of disposable nappy pads. The difference is that, reusable ones can be used again and this saves your budget.  It also leads to savings to environment also.But, reusable ones are little expensive.The disposable pads are proven to be dangerous for the babies as the chemicals used in some of the brands can even lead to cancer. The time taken by the disposable nappies to break down is nearly 150-300 years.And today, they cover upto 30% of the landfill.This proves the importance of the reusable nappy pads. Also, there are some brands of disposable nappies which keep the baby healthy, not causing any harm.Some mothers prefer to use disposable ones at night time and reusable ones at day time for their baby.

Use environment friendly ones:

If you want to use environment friendly things, you can use biodegradable nappies for your baby. You havemany other options like hybrid ones, and flushable ones.Biodegradable ones are beneficial only when their way of disposing is correct. If they are wrapped in a plastic cover and is allowed to go to landfill, there is no use of shifting to eco-friendly ones.Not all people are aware of using these eco disposable nappy pads. There are some ways of dealing with these pads.

Some ways to deal with biodegradable nappy pads:Without throwing into dustbin, these nappies can be used in your gardenwith proper disposal. But, one must know all the details properly and follow the process perfectly.

Emptynappies easily: (one way to recycle the disposable nappy)

You can reduce volume of weight that is going to landfill, by emptying the wetnappies into your fertilizer pile.  By this, the composting also gets speeds up, by the urea which breaks down into a type of fertilizer. The crystals degrade. Mix the crystals and the slurry.This leads to healthy growth of your garden.

Avoid the use of plastic nappy bags:

Always choose the nappy bags made of bio degradable materials like corn flourbut not perfumed (preferable).It is better touse reusable bags. But this is useful only when you try to emptyeco-friendlypad in your compost heap. If you use bio degradable nappy bags to dispose, you can add a cloth with some oils of good odour.