Ethical lifestyle

Month: November 2015

The environmental impact of disposable nappies

The environmental impact of disposable nappies

Manufacture The production of disposable nappies has huge environmental implications. The main bulk of disposable nappies is paper pulp fluff, which unfortunately requires the clearing of land for plantation timber. Amounting to around 1.8 million trees annually, this threatens old-growth forests in Canada, Scandinavia and […]