photo by Resha Willis
There are lots of ways to describe gRefills. Here are a few: biodegradable, compostable, flushable and plastic-free. Bottom line, they’re a disposable diaper done better. And by better we mean better for baby and better for the planet. At the end of the day they don’t have to end up in a landfill. Could they? Will they? Some very well may. But it’s not a requirement.
Regular disposable diapers have no option other than this trashcan or that trashcan. They can’t be composted (please don’t try), they can’t be flushed (that’s pretty obvious) and they will never biodegrade. So the option for disposal is….well, there isn’t one.
So, what if a gRefill does get thrown away? What then? The EPA is pretty adamant about how nothing biodegrades in a landfill. And we’re not going to argue. But what we can tell you is that even if you do throw away your gRefills, you can breathe easy knowing that on the upstream side of things (the production phase) the environmental footprint of a gRefill is teeny tiny. It takes about a cup of oil to make each disposable diaper. That’s a hefty footprint for such a little product. gRefills are plastic free and so don’t require petroleum in the production.
Want to keep diapers completely out of landfills? Compost the wet ones, flush the poopy ones. And if you have no other option but to toss them, don’t sweat it. You’re doing an incredible thing regardless. Your baby thanks you. We thank you. And if the earth could talk, we’re positive it would thank you, too.