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Reusable nappies are much better for the environment than disposable nappies. However if you wash the reusable ones at a high heat with lots of water they can actually be worse than landfill clogging disposable ones. So they go best with low heat wash and an eco-friendly washing machine.

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Nappies have a substandard effect on our environment. This is for many reasons such as that as every other product it is soon disposed of and processed to a landfill which is deficient for our environment. There are two types of nappies used by mothers. Both our defective to our environment for different reasons. The two types are reusable and disposable nappies. Reusable nappies are nappies which can be reused, this is better than disposable nappies, which you get rid of into landfills, because they aren't being disposed of. lishii shaikh xx


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