Getting a bit old myself to talk about nappies but you do raise a very valid point in this regard as the amount landfill overall is enormous for a product like this.
The wife always used cloth nappies for the 4 kids and is against these disposable items.
There are some products on the market now that do breakdown but it comes down to cost I suppose.
Found this item a little interesting and possible needs to be pushed more and make people more aware of the issues with all this.Anyone who has raised a baby won't be shocked to hear that on average, little ones go through a whopping 7000 nappies in their early, pre-toilet training years.
Not only is that pretty bad news for the environment, since disposable nappies take about 150 years to break down in landfill, it's also bad news for your pocket. On average, Australians pay about 50 cents per disposable nappy, which means that you can expect to spend more than $3500 on them alone before your child becomes toilet trained.
