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There’s always a lot of controversy around the topic of reusable nappies. After all, having a baby is a sure fire way to increase your carbon footprint. There’s all the extra energy that a washing machine needs to heat the water etc. <\/p>\n

Introducing Gary Lamont, the Real Nappy Guy from the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.<\/p>\n

Gary’s job is to promote the use of real nappies, so here are all <\/strong><\/em>the answers about using cloth nappies and how they’re better for babies.
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\nFind out more about using cloth nappies \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

What do you think? Should we be encouraging the use of reusable, washable nappies? Or should we be using something like Moltex – the eco-friendly disposable nappy<\/a>. Or, in these times of economic uncertainty<\/em>, should we all be jumping in our Hummers and heading down to Tesco to buy the biggest economy pack of <insert popular brand name here> we can find?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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