Some ins and outs on cloth diapers for your eco-baby

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3. Miriam,

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   Karin

4. HI! I’ve just moved to israel and make cloth diapers… I made them to sell in the US and now that I am here I am looking to get into the market of cloth diapers. I make pocket fitteds and regular pockets. I also make wool covers to use for night time.

   Any ideas how I canbreak into the market ofselling my diapers?

   Miriam

   • Miriam, you should leave your contacts in the comments section and we can feature you in a future article.

5. Hi Ruth,

   Gdiapers can be purchased at beetle.co.il The Eenee-liners are useable in the Gdiapers-pants, as they come from the same company.

   Amazon.com also ships Gdiaper-liners with a 15% discount when chosing to let them be delivered by “subscribe and save”.

   I wonder whether Bambo Natural diapers (www.bteva.co.il) or purchasable at Eden Teva market, are a good alternative to Gdiapers? Or are Gdiapers still more environment-friendly?

   Lydia

6. Hi Lydia,

   Can you get gdiapers in Israel? Or do you import them from the US? I have looked into gdiapers before and would love to use them but can’t imagine paying their shipping to Israel or relying on friends and family to bring diapers to me when they visit. If you use gdiapers now I would love to know how you get them! Thanks!

   Ruth

7. Hi All,

   Personally I’d advise Gdiapers (www.gdiapers.com). These diapers are perfect for nature and the sensitive skin of children, because:

   – They are the perfect middleway: firstly, disposable diapers are very chemical and create a lot of waste. Furthermore, re-usable diaper, when made of regular cotton are produced with a lot of chemicals and the amount of water needed to wash them is immoral for Israelis.
   – On the other hand, Gdiapers are a 100% degradable, and can be composted (only the wet ones!) or flushed through the toilet without any problems. Indeed, even when thrown in the regular garbage, their materials are much less harmful in landwastes.

   Lydia

8. Eco-Friend is Israeli made I think it was formerly known as Tidy.
   As regards to Kushies for nighttimes with an extra pad they will do just great.

9. Question: It just so happens that I have run out of plastic nappies (which I used at night only) and I have no energy to drag myself out in the rain to buy more.

   Would it be uncomfortable for my 1.5 year old to spend 12 hours overnight in a classic kushies, with an extra pad and a plastic cover?

   She tends to wake up quite wet in the morning even with a plastic nappy, and I have never been motivated to change her in the night.

   thanks

10. Two comments:

    1) the Ecological Fabric Softener that I use is by a brand called Eco-Friend and apart from totally decent prices (23NIS for 4litres), I have heard from a few people that they are actually Israeli manufactured…if this is so, it is my pleasure to support them.

    2) With regards to a laundry service, I have mentioned it to Chagit at Siach Hateva and she is actually working on it as we speak, I will keep you posted if I know more.

11. As regards to laundry service, there is not the concentration of people using cloth nappies in one area to make it an efficient & ecological solution in this country. One idea is try to set up a system with a few other mums locally.

12. The 3 main importers try to keep the price to its minimum but costing in shipment & custom duties still keep the prices relatively high, as an importer myself and knowing the companies who do import the nappies we really do try to keep the prices as low as possible and still stay in business. Also all these companies are run by idealistically inspired people and would find it difficult to import quantities big enough that would at the end of the day only make a small difference. I also mentioned Robyna which manufactures locally, again don’t forget you are paying the true cost of these products and at the end of the day they are still more cost effective then disposables.

13. Ecological fabric softeners are an option for the “can’t do withouts” but really at the end of the day there really is no need for them, even ecological products have a fair size eco-footprint for manufacturing processes and plastic bottles, shipment etc, etc, so at the end of the day it is a expensive luxury when vinegar & essential oils can do exactly the same job.

14. I debated the cloth diaper issue [with myself] before child 2 was born. (Didn’t know they existed when child 1 was born.) The 2 most repelling things: the cost, and the extra laundry. I wouldn’t wash dirty diapers with a load of ‘regular’ clothes.
    As for the cost, which is a pretty heavy expense in one shot, I’d like to challenge your faith [Sophie] in cloth diapers:
    As an importer, what about doing one of the following: bringing over a bulk shipment (that you believe will eventually be sold), and seriously bringing down the prices. Also, possibly, finding a laundry service willing to deal with diapers.
    Or- finding someone who is willing to make cloth diapers locally, to bring down the prices.
    A pretty stiff challenge, I admit, but you raised the issue.

15. Hi,

    I made the move to Cloth Nappies almost a year ago, which was a great decision.

    After a few different types, I chose to go with Kushies from Siach Hateva and bought a combination of the ultra and basic (the ultra was essential for the Gan and my initially unwilling husband)

    The change has been easy, and the extra work has honestly been avodah kefit.

    Just a quick question, you mention that Fabric Softeners are bad generally (I use vinegar for my nappies). Fow do you explain ecologically friendly fabric softeners…are these any better- for clothes generally?

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