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Old 05-07-2007, 10:56   #29
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Re: weekly bin collections to start again.....

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Originally Posted by [email protected] View Post
What is wrong with washing terry nappies yourself?
The solid soil is first removed by a toilet flush and then they are placed in a bucket of water with disinfectant until they total a washload.
When I was working mother with a child aged 13 months I found the time and it is certainly much cheaper than using disposables.
You're right, there's nothing wrong with washing them yourself, generations of women did it.

It is certainly the cheapest method, and the most environmentally friendly.

Apparently it will take five hundred years for a disposable nappy to decompose in a landfill site...yuk!
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