Environment

Laminated fabrics and causes of premature delamination

We explain the usage expectations for Polyurethane Laminate (PUL). Learn what does, and does not, cause premature delamination.

Saved it! September

This month we asked our Clean Cloth Nappies Facebook group members to share their best saves. We’re calling it Saved it! September.

Selecting a laundry detergent for cloth nappies and general laundry

Worried about using ‘wrong’ or ‘harsh’ detergents on baby’s skin? Learn more about detergents, laundry boosters and optical brighteners.

Our advice for dealing with flooded textiles

With our help, you can easily salvage mouldy nappies, clothes and prams. Mould can be safely removed from textiles using chlorine bleach or high heat.

Benzalkonium chloride laundry products

Benzalkonium chloride is environmentally problematic and can irritate the skin. We do not recommend it as part of a nappy routine.

How many nappies have you prevented going into landfill?

Use our calculator to figure out how many nappies you’ve saved from landfill and the amount of money you would have spent on disposables!

Water hardness and your laundry

Water is often described as soft, moderately hard and hard. Understand how your water hardness affects your laundry

Compostable disposable nappies

What is the difference between degradable, biodegradable and compostable disposable nappies? Don’t get sucked into greenwashing, look for the compostable…

Using cloth with water restrictions

Our advice on using cloth nappies during water restrictions and drought.

Using vinegar in the laundry

Separate fact from fiction and learn what use vinegar has with cloth nappy laundry.

Soapberries (aka Soap Nuts)

Soapberries or soap nuts come from the Sapindus mukorossi tree. They contain saponin,1 which is a glucoside with foaming characteristics, i.e….

Septic systems

Many cloth nappy parents ask if they can use their regular laundry products with a septic system. The answer is yes!