Did you know...

The Environment Agency has issued a report that showed disposable nappies overall do not have a better or worse environmental performance versus reusable nappies.

The facts as we know them today...

There has been a major study completed comparing the total environmental impact of disposable nappies, like Huggies®, with reusable nappies.

The independent review sponsored by the UK Government Environment Agency - Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)2 released 19 May 2005 – concluded that overall no system clearly had a better or worse environmental performance.

What this rigorous study did was to assess the wide range of activities associated with the manufacture, use and disposal of disposable and reusable nappies, all of which can affect the environment.

It showed that using cloth nappies use water, energy and detergents, and that disposable nappies contribute solid waste to landfill.

These conclusions reinforce the fact that all activities have an environmental impact. Some of these activities have immediate visibility (waste that goes to landfill), while others go unseen (energy, water & chemicals used in washing).

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