Comments on: More about those diapers

By: Rachael

Rachael — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:55:19 +0000

Ok, at the risk of offending the squeemish: our current diaper plan is to go w/g diapers and their compostable single-use inserts (vs cloth, to avoid bleach, water/energy use & health issues) and then COMPOST them all at home. We have been wanting to compost our kitchen waste. I’m learning there are issues w/composting human waste. I am looking online, but would love to hear from anyone with knowledge/experience in this arena. THANKS

If we compost g diaper inserts, I am getting that we will have to pace this. Do you think that going with the compostable inserts 100% (over cloth) but only composting 3 wet only diapers/day and then “trashing” the others, is still a greener option than a cloth combo, where we would have to use bleach, water, energy, etc. to clean? I am finding it difficult to accurately evaluate this question. THANKS

By: Zarah

Zarah — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:05:06 +0000

Wonderful Diaper Review! Thank you!

Altough we planned a home birth, our son was born in the hospital and his first diaper experience was with a conventional brand. Just a few diaper changes in and he developed a rash. At home we began cloth diapering, and the rash disappeared.

When on the go or for the night we have used a local diaper called Broodie Chick diaper:
http://www.broodychick.com

They make claims to be totally biodegradable. And in Vancouver we have residential compost pick where the diaper can be composted. Sadly not for apartment buildings.

For a user review – we have loved Broodie Chick diapers, because they have fit our super fast growing baby well, absorb super well, and only let out the occassional leak of the super explosive poo.

Their cost locally is $16 CAD.

So along with cloth diapering these have been great.

Thanks,
Z – Vancouver Mom

By: brooklinemama

brooklinemama — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:45:40 +0000

Hi Snoover,

I don’t have much info on how to compost the compostable diapers. I imagine you would have to follow the Humanure process (info here: http://humanurehandbook.com/store/THE-HUMANURE-HANDBOOK.html – the Humanure Handbook used to be a free download, don’t know if it still is).

Good luck and let us know how that goes!

Katrien (Brooklinemama)

By: Shoover

Shoover — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:37:31 +0000

Thank you so much for this review – very helpful. Do you have any info on people who’ve tried to set up a separate compost just for the biodegradables? My husband and I are thinking of doing this. Though not a perfect solution, seems it’d reduce the landfill component significantly if we composted them as much as possible, protecting groundwater w/ a liner, then threw the remnants in the trash.

By: julia

julia — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:52:48 +0000

excellent stuff! Thank you so much. We used cloth with our first child but now the daycare we attend says the state of CT won’t let them use cloth because it is unsanitary. It really makes me mad but now with our second baby we are forced to use some type of disposable so I am trying to make sense of all this. You have helped tremendously.

By: Kami

Kami — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:56:43 +0000

I am interested in hearing more about the 365 diapers that are being composted with tiger worms. If anyone knows more about this, I would appreciate it. I know that dog poopies can be composted (http://www.composterconnection.com/site/poop-converter.html), and I’m wondering if the same can be done with these diapers.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:55:50 +0000

First of all – Wow! What amazing research you’ve done! I found your blog by googling 365 Everyday Diapers. I usually cloth diaper but my son has thrush and everytime I put him back in cloth the diaper rash breaks out, so unfortunately SAP is my friend at the moment.

What I can tell you is that here in the San Francisco Bay Area we have two companies who do commercial diaper composting. The compost from compostable diaper is processed separately from municipal compost (which we also have), heat treated, and then used for non-agricultural projects (like highway median landscaping, etc.).

The service I use, Tiny Tots, requires that for single use diapers that you use Broody Chick diapers – a new brand out of Victoria, BC, Canada (where I grew up, I’m proud to say!). There is also another diaper similar to the gDiaper which offers a compostable insert that Tiny Tots offers.

Nature Babycare compostable diapers are also used in the Bay Area by the other commercial diaper composting service.

Hopefully other cities in the US and Canada are catching on.

From a mom experimenting with different options.

Carmen.

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:08:03 +0000

Thank you for all of you very well researched information.
In light of your obvious care and concern over the subject of disposable diapers I wanted to ask if you had reviewed the Broody Chick diapers that claim to be 100% biodegradable and chlorine free. I would like to know if you have any information on these? Thanks for such a helpful post!
Katie M.

By: Chimaobi

Chimaobi — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:35:20 +0000

Hi Brookline Mama.

I just wanted to thank you sincerely for the hard work and research you’ve done for all of us parents and children – as you already know from the commments – we appreciate it.

About halfway through the comments I thought “this was back in 07, her child must be off diapers by now” and lo and behold, I was right. So it is not unnatural that your capacity/time (but not your interest) is dwindling. Now, if only someone could pick up where you started… :/
Thanks again, this was much needed.

From a concerned father-to-be,

- Chimaobi

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:58:16 +0000

I am expecting my first in a month or so and had registered for Nature Baby Care, but just recently got around to actually reading the literature on their site. The site is VERY clear (maybe this is new as the other posts on this site reference confusing language) that their diapers are NOT 100% biodegradable. From the FAQs section on their website: “At Nature Babycare we use renewable resources whenever possible, however our diapers are not 100% biodegradable.” They say this probably 3-4 times in different places in their FAQ section.

The Size 1 package even states “Do Not Compost” (on the side of the package, in small print).

Not sure this lives up to my idea of sustainability. However, they seem to get lots of good reviews from parents for other reasons, so I’ll probably try them and the G’s and see where we net out…