For a Happy Planet, flush.
When you flush, two things happen. First, you’re putting poop where it belongs. You’d be amazed how much baby poop from disposable diapers ends up in the landfill where the potential health risk and ground water contamination from viruses and bacteria in feces are real threats. Second, flushing the flushable sends everything to the wastewater treatment facility where it can be treated safely with the rest of our human waste and where valuable nutrients can be recovered and utilized as biosolids.
Poop goes down the toilet. Where it belongs.
The beauty of using gDiapers is that you’re leaving less of a diaper footprint on the Earth. Once your baby’s waste goes through the sewage treatment process to remove pathogens (the viruses and bacteria that pose heath risks) and odors, the resulting solids left over can be recovered and converted to a valuable fertilizer. And here’s the great part: biosolids work better when moisture retaining polymers or SAP are added. Biosolids are often used on tree farms to help grow trees, which is what the main raw material of flushables is!! So, a wonderful circular process – what sustainability is about – and you’re actually helping with each flush you make!!
Of course, getting used to the whole concept of flushing takes some getting used to. But then so did recycling. And you probably don’t remember life before you separated your tin from your glass.
gDiapers don’t end up in the landfill.
Because gDiapers are flushable, they don’t have to end up in a landfill. They go down the toilet. That means no over-flowing garbage cans and no smelly diaper pail full of poopy diapers in your baby’s room.
You can compost a gDiapers flushable.
That’s right. If you do home composting, which many people are finding a great way of recycling their garden and green waste at home, you can add the urine soiled (the wet ones) flushables into the mix. Urine is one of the best sources of nitrogen and the fluffed wood pulp and SAP also help. In 50-150 days they’ll completely decompose becoming a welcome addition to your garden. Now that’s a sustainable diaper system. NOTE: NEVER COMPOST THE POOPY ONES! THEY MUST BE FLUSHED!!!
Did you know many brands of potting mix contain ‘water storing granules’ that are added to help the soil retain moisture and ensure the best growing condition for plants? The polymer in our flushables is SAP (short for super absorbing polymer) is the same ingredient! It’s true. It keeps the wetness away from your baby’s bottom and it can help your garden grow, too. Not a bad combo.
gDiapers are cradle to cradle
Cradle to Cradle design is a new concept pioneered by the thought leaders in the field of ecological design, William McDonough and Michael Braungart of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC). Instead of designing products on the ‘take-make-waste’ model of the last century (‘cradle to grave’), they have developed design methodology based on patterns found in nature, eliminating the concept of waste entirely and ensuring that any ‘wastes’ become nutrient for either nature’s ecosystems or for humans’ industrial systems. An end to toxic waste and the beginning of perpetually circulating resources, like nature, cradle to cradle.
The Cradle to Cradle designation evaluated the materials of gDiapers flushable refill; the complete formulation for human and environmental health impacts throughout its lifecycle; and its potential for being truly recycled or safely composted. Certification also required the evaluation of energy-use, water-use, and workplace ethics of the company and its suppliers.
We are thrilled to announce gDiapers is the first consumer packaged good to receive this prestigious accredition in the world. Needless to say...we are very proud.
