Buying second-hand nappies (2024)

Reducing textile waste is a big part of our mission and buying second-hand nappies is a great way to accomplish this.

We asked experienced members of our community to share their experiences using cloth nappies. This series covers childcare, travel, returning to work and more.

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Our focus at Clean Cloth Nappies is cleaning cloth nappies and laundry science. We get a lot of requests from members asking to create a buy, sell or swap group. Unfortunately, we have limited time (in fact we’re stretched enough already) and running a cloth nappy marketplace is not on our radar. 

Thanks to our work the Australian and New Zealand market has many great condition second-hand nappies. This is very different to when our group began 8 years ago. Other countries may have different calibres of second-hand items, but bargains remain. 

Reducing textile waste is a big part of our mission and buying second-hand is a great way to accomplish this. As a team, we have 127.5 collective years of experience (might be a slight exaggeration 😉) using cloth nappies. We’ve bought and sold a few second-hand nappies along the way. 

We asked our Unicorn members for some suggestions for where to buy and sell cloth nappies worldwide. If you have any more, please add them to this post 🙂

Facebook Marketplace

Many people buy and sell directly on Facebook Marketplace. Listings are free and you can narrow the search to specific geographical areas.

Australian-based Facebook groups

Some brands have dedicated buy and sell groups. Try searching “sell nappies” or “sell [brand name]” on Facebook to find them. 

Although their popularity is waning there are also larger, non-brand-specific groups.

It is also worth joining your local Buy Nothing Project Facebook group. Many cloth nappy users giveaway well-looked-after nappies in these groups. Some cities also have specific Buy Nothing groups for baby and children items.

New Zealand-based Facebook groups

United Kingdom-based Facebook groups and websites

North America

Many people sell directly on Facebook marketplace or giveaway diapers on buy-nothing groups. Many buy-sell-trade groups are region-specific.

Asia

Making second-hand purchases

We recommend sanitising all second-hand nappies. Sanitising neutralises ammonia, kills fungal spores and ensures items are sparkling clean and safe to use.