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Disposable nappies' effect on the environment (harmful chemicals used…
Disposable nappies' effect on the environment
Take around 500 years to decompose (Lee, 2014)
Contaminating the environment
certain bacteria and viruses might infuse in to our groundwater causing contamination problems (Lee, 2014).
harmful chemicals used to make the nappy absorbent, which can cause:
Rashes
Infections
Viruses
A lot of trees have been cut down to contribute to nappy making.
Many animals' houses in the forest is destroyed due to deforestation.
Which results in damaging the quality of the land.
According to Roxburgh (2008), 800 million disposable nappies ever year are emptied in Australian landfill.
Expensive
nappies with well known brand is expensive
The affordable disposable nappies do not hold the urine for a long time like the well known brands
Millions of nappies are thrown everyday in the world
How to stop affecting the environment?
using reusable nappies
Toilet training children at a young age
Deforestation
loose of oxygen
humans cannot survive