The real nappy vs disposables debate…

Printable version …why real nappies are better for the environment

A lot of publicity has been generated recently because funding was withdrawn for real nappy support organisations. This was done on the mistaken basis that switching to real nappies does not have a positive environmental impact. At the beginning of July, many media reports picked up on this and (more…)

Plastic Dinosaurs and Nappies

Hello. I’m Alex and I like plastic dinosaurs.

I wore real nappies when I was a baby, my father even subjected me to the indignity of having my photo taken sitting in a sterile nappy wash bucket at the age of two, an image that continually gets referenced at family occasions to this day. I looked pretty pleased in that picture and I’m similarly pleased to be (more…)

Our outlook

Hello,
I’m Paul, and this is my welcome to our blog: a forum for Real Nappy devotees, returning customers, newcomers and friends of the Clean Green Nappy Machine. I must admit to being quite excited by all this, as it’s the first visible return from many recent developments and much behind-the-scenes activity here at Clean Green Nappy. We’ve recently added to our staff – with Gigi and Alex – and they’ve already (more…)

Hi, this is Gigi introducing myself

I am Gigi, an old friend of the Clean Green Nappy Machine folk. I bought my cloth nappies from them and now help run the business. I have always been a bit of an eco-worrier, prone to climate-change-anxiety-induced apocalyptic nightmares and bouts of deep gloom about gorillas, turtles, Native Americans, you name it. This has got worse since I had Alice, now 5 months old and asleep on (more…)

Welcome to the Clean Green Nappy Machine blog

The Clean Green Nappy Machine is a real nappy internet retailer which has been running for just under a year. We are a couple of first time parents and when we switched our daughter to real nappies we found the choice confusing and, quite frankly, a bit overwhelming. We spoke to family and friends, attended nappy demonstrations and scoured the web for the information we needed. Finding many of (more…)