For a Happy Planet, flush.
When you flush gDiapers biodegradable gRefills, two things happen. First, poop goes in the toilet, not the garbage. You’d be amazed how much baby poop from disposable diapers ends up in the landfill. There is a real threat from viruses and bacteria in feces, which poses a potential health risk and ground water contamination. And yet so much human waste goes in the garbage everyday! Second, flushing biodegradable gRefills sends everything to the wastewater treatment facility where it can be managed safely. Potentially harmful elements are removed from human waste and valuable nutrients are 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 odors and pathogens (the viruses and bacteria that pose health risks), the resulting solids left over can be recovered and converted to a valuable fertilizer, frequently known as biosolids. 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 how the gRefill got its life in the first place! It’s a wonderful circular process, from tree to baby, from baby to toilet, from toilet to tree. It’s what sustainability is all about.
Getting used to the whole concept of flushing takes some getting used to, and of course there are rules and precautions. Remember when recycling was a new concept? And now separating your plastic from your glass is old hat.
gDiapers don’t have to go to the landfill.
Because biodegradable gRefills are flushable and compostable, they don’t have to end up in a landfill. They go down the toilet or out to your home compost. That means no over-flowing garbage cans or smelly diaper pails full of poopy diapers. Smell your sweet baby, not the stinky diaper.
Biodegradable gRefills make great compost.
That’s right. If you do home composting, which is a great way to recycle your garden and green waste, you can add the urine soiled gRefills (the wet ones) into the mix. Urine is one of the best sources of nitrogen, a happy addition to compost. And the fluffed wood pulp and SAP are the cherry on top. In 50-150 days the gRefills will turn into gorgeous compost. Other gardens will be green with envy. Now that’s a sustainable diaper system.
Note: never compost the poopy ones – instead flush according to directions or toss (but flush the poop).
Did you know many brands of potting mix contain "water storing granules"? They are added to help the soil retain moisture and ensure the best growing condition for plants. Guess what. The polymer in our gRefills is SAP (short for super absorbing polymer) and it’s 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.
Cradle to Cradle Certified.
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. It celebrates 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 a gDiapers biodegradable gRefill, 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 accreditation in the world. Needless to say ... we are very proud.
