On average. a single baby will produce enough disposable nappy waste to fill 40 bin bags in a year.

• The UK throws away 8 million disposables nappies EVERY DAY.
• They account for over 4% of all household waste.
• A single baby will fill 52 bin bags with disposable nappies in just one year.
• On the IW alone, 1500 tons of nappies are landfilled each year - a mixture of faeces, paper pulp and plastic
• It is unknown how long a disposable nappy takes to biodegrade - estimates show it to be around 200 years
• This means that every disposable nappy ever made still exists and will probably still exist when your baby is a grandparent.
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