Reduce, Reuse and Recycle with Reusable nappies made from plastic waste

Plastic Fantastic news at TotsBots as we start making reusable nappies from plastic waste

It’s bottles up at TotsBots this month as our reusable nappies just became even more eco-friendly. We are absolutely delighted to announce that we are the first company in the world to make reusable nappies out of plastic bottles. There will be on average 2 bottles diverted from landfill with every TotsBots nappy and with ever-growing concern for the environment as the war on plastic gathers momentum, this is great news for all you parents out there who want to minimize your environmental impact; you can now reduce your single-use plastic and recycle, one nappy change at a time. We have been singing “Ten green bottles hanging on the line!” all week to celebrate.

The waterproof outer fabric (the essential part that keeps all the wetness in) was previously knitted using virgin polyester yarn, but will now be made from supersoft recycled polyester yarn derived from plastic bottle waste. The new fabric was specially developed for us and it is Oekotex 100 (class 1) certified. This means that there are no harmful chemicals or residues present and is the highest safety certification for garments worn by babies next to their sensitive skin.

We are so excited to be the first reusable nappy company to be doing this. Always leading the way in reusable nappy design, we are giving parents an even better reason to choose reusable nappies over disposables now. With over 8 million nappies going to landfill every day if even half of parents switched to reusables that would be a whole lot of plastic bottles and nappy waste being diverted from landfill. We really hope this will inspire other companies to follow suit, the technology is here and there is certainly enough plastic waste here so there is no reason why this shouldn’t become the norm.

We have already started phasing in the new recycled fabric and hope to have made the complete switch over by October this year. The new nappies will be easily identifiable with a little recycled nappy logo showing how many bottles per garment have been diverted from landfill. 

Over the last 3 years we have seen a marked increase in parents opting for reusable nappies as the preferred choice for their babies; concerns about the environment, chemicals in disposables and guilt about over-consumption are behind this. Modern reusable nappies are not the terry squares and plastic pants of our grandparents’ days. They come in all shapes, colours and sizes and are so much easier to use than people fear. Parents are always amazed at how well they work and how easy they are. As single-use plastic becomes more and more unpopular, this is a trend that will continue to grow too especially once the news that in addition to diverting 5-6 single-use nappies being thrown to landfill each day, parents can now divert and reuse plastic bottle waste destined for landfill too, one reusable nappy at a time.