gDiapers
The diaper. Nothing strikes as much fear in the heart of a parent trying to do his or her best by the earth. When faced with the choice between cloth and disposable, it can be a tough, and not necessarily clearcut, choice. Enter gDiapers, a hybrid of the two. gDiapers consist of an outer cotton pant and a flushable refill liner. If you can't flush them, it's ok to toss them, according to the manufacturer, because they are plastic-free. You can also garden compost the "wet" ones, which will break down in 50 -150 days.
And here's a little extra advice about flushing gDiapers from Julia Roberts from a recent Vanity Fair article (the one where she said she wants to be a farming, stay-at-home-mom):
"You can't help but be aware, because now we are a home of five people. We make a lot of garbage. How can we make less garbage? This is our plight. I use Seventh Generation (chlorine-free, non-toxic) diapers for Finn and Hazel, and then I was turned on to the (plastic-free, flushable) gDiapers [for Henry]. It is flushable, but you've got to stir that thing! If you don't really break it all the way up, it doesn't go all the way down."
Good tip!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nov 12th 2007 @ 1:12PM
Father of Five said...
My wife and I LOVE the idea of gDiapers. But I have to say they completely suck. The process isn't nearly as easy as they glamorize it to be. But the worst part is that they leak. Bad.
We use regular cloth diapers with velcro-fasten diaper wraps. And for long trips and overnight we insert other cloth pads for extra protection. This is a leak-free system and completely environmentally friendly. Moreover, we use cloth diaper wipes as well. They're placed in a container with a home-made solution which works great.
It was a challenge to get over the laziness and easy life of disposable diaper wipes and gDiaper solutions, but once we did we were very happy. Once you get into it, it's no problem. Plus we're 100% waste free. We don't even have a trash can near the changing table.
Go cloth, people. Go cloth.