Every disposable nappy ever dumped still exists today as they take centuries to break down.

Washing/hanging out/putting away nappies for a bub in cloth full time takes 7 minutes a day - less time than it takes to go to the store and return home with a box of disposable nappies.

In most cities there are laws against dumping faeces in the garbage, and solid waste must be disposed of in the toilet, regardless of what type of nappy you use⁵.

In America, in 1955,100% of babies wore Cotton Diapers, 0% wore disposables, and 7.1% of babies experienced nappy rash⁴.

In America, in 1991,10% of babies wore Cotton Diapers, 90% wore disposables, and 78% of babies experienced nappy rash⁴.

1.375 Billion disposable nappies used annually in Australia and New Zealand¹.

3.75 Million disposable nappies dumped every single day in these 2 nations alone¹.

3 Million trees felled every year to make disposable nappies for Australia / New Zealand¹.

3 894 Dollars to use disposable nappies full time on a child to toilet training².

659 Dollars to cheaply nappy a bub in cloth to toilet training ².

50% of total household waste will be disposable nappies, in a household with 1 baby using disposable nappies full time¹.

2 Tonnes of landfill created by each baby in disposable nappies full time¹.

3.5 Litres of water needed to make each disposable nappy².

1 Litre of water required to wash a cloth nappy (depending on machine, and how many nappies are washed in one load)².

1 cup of crude oil used to make the plastic components of each disposable nappy¹.

1 degree hotter the average temperature of a boy's testicles in a disposable nappy - possibly related to increases in infertility and testicular cancer of the last 25 years³.

1. Reprinted by permission from Zero Waste New Zealand website.

2. Reprinted by permission from Women's Royal Hospital website.

3. BMA Press Office

4. Punkin Butt

5. Example from The City of Perth Health Local Law Section 41(a)(xi)
An owner or occupier of premises shall not deposit or permit to be deposited in a receptacle - sewage, manure, nightsoil, faeces or urine;