New Zealand Nappy Lady- Creating a BUZZ about cloth nappies

The Nappy Lady Visits Feilding

"Nappy Lady" promotes cloth option

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(Posted on: August 22)

EACH year, New Zealand-wide, hundreds of thousands of tonnes of disposable nappies are tipped in the nation’s landfills.
To extend the life of the present landfill and reduce costs to the community, the Manawatu District Council recently hosted an evening with Kate Mead, “The Nappy Lady”, to promote the sustainable option of using cloth nappies instead of disposable ones.
During the presentation, Kate crunched the numbers to show the savings from using cloth nappies.
She said that essentially, over a 2.5 year period for one child, the full cost of disposables (with calculations including wipes, disposal, washing and extras) would reach about $5000.
The full cost of cloth nappies, however, would be in the region of $1300 – a savings of $3700. And with two children, the savings could be about $8500 as nappies had already been bought for the first child.
The evening ended with simple demonstrations on using and taking care of cloth nappies, which ranged from budget models to the trendy two and three-piece domed combinations. All attendees received complimentary packs of two sets of cloth nappies.
* The photo shows "The Nappy Lady” Kate Mead demonstrating a cloth nappy to Catherine Larsen.