Comments on: g Diapers: Biodegradable Inserts and Options

By: marnell

marnell — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:15:37 +0000

I love the biodegradable diapers myself. I am not one to compose any diapers, that’s why they made the biodegradable ones, it is much easier.

By: day

day — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:16:12 +0000

I too use Gdiapers, and love them for the most part. I compost the wet ones and flush the poopy ones.

By: js

js — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:38:52 +0000

Great site, We are having our first and I think we might give them a try!

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:00:42 +0000

Great site, lots of useful information. I was very nervous about using them at first. It seemed like a lot of work. I wish I would have been able to use them longer, and with my first child. Plus being enviornmentally concious to help teach my childern.

By: opa

opa — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:08:12 +0000

disposable diapers are the bomb glad we don’t use cloth

By: The Chic Ecologist

The Chic Ecologist — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:13:55 +0000

There is a service now that will actually compost the diapers for you in a safe and clean way, so you don’t have to worry about that stuff:

http://www.thechicecologist.com/2008/12/eco-baby-care-earth-baby-compostable-diaper-service/

By: lachapelle

lachapelle — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:52:38 +0000

I’m with Anthony on the idea that my kids are no longer in diapers – yeah! I think these gDiapers are a great idea for today’s problem of biodegradability. It’s a great invention.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:56:19 +0000

I think it’s great that g Diapers is promoting composting but at the same time, I’m glad that my kids don’t wear diapers anymore.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:05:55 +0000

Biodegradability is great new innovations in diapers. It’s really good for people like me who have a compost in the backyard.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:40:10 +0000

g diapers services are really good and your post proves that you care. thanks for sharing this with us. the people having babies will find it useful and we look forward for your next post like this.

By: Cait

Cait — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:02:55 +0000

I too use Gdiapers, and love them for the most part. I compost the wet ones and flush the poopy ones. For my toddler the poopy ones are a little gross, but if you really care you could buy the flushable liners that they sell with cloth diapers. They are fairly inexpensive and you set it over the diaper so you just pick it up and flush it, and there is no gross-ness when tearing the sides of a poopy diaper. Or, you could just throw them out (I put in a bag first). They will still break down much faster than a disposable diaper, and at that point she only poops once a day so it’s not too bad. My newborn is breastfed so she poops quite often but there is no problem flushing that. It’s all absorbed in the insert.

I have also delved into using bamboo cloth inserts in my g’s. I don’t like the bulk that it creates (my poor 3month old can’t close her legs!) but it is a good earth friendly option and it works quite well.

For those concerned by the amount of water required to flush them – it’s no different than every other member of the household flushing everytime they have to go!

I really like the g’s. Of course they are not perfect, but nothing is. You’ve got the centuries of waste with the disposables, dealing with poop and ALL the laundry and everything else with cloth — this is the ‘lesser of three evils’ in my husbands opinion. And they really aren’t hard to get used to or much more work in the long run.

By: Dr.MOZ

Dr.MOZ — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:06:39 +0000

Hi Julie,

The g Diaper's website has a useful collection of resources and precautions for anyone interested in composting diapers with "poo" or diapers for babies that use cremes with zinc. In a nutshell...don't do it, but the g Diapers crew explain it best at the link below:

Composting 101: http://www.gdiapers.com/happy-planet/composting101

Thanks for the comment! ~ Dr.MOZ