You will need nappy liners, either paper or fleece and either a bucket with a lid or a large wetbag to store nappies between washes. Everything else is nice to haves, but I would recommend: nappy sanitizer, a nappy net, and a smaller wet bag (to put dirty nappies in when you’re out and about).

If you are using paper liners, bag them and bin them. If you are using fleece liners then tip the poo down the loo and then put the liner in your nappy bucket (note this only works with solid faeces, – with liquid newborn poo you can just pop it in your nappy bucket!)

If using an all in one or pocket nappy, the whole nappy goes in the bucket (take boosters out of the pocket first), if using a two part nappy, only the inside bit goes in the bucket unless the wrap is soiled.

NO! Most modern nappies don’t like being soaked due to the fabrics used to make them waterproof and the leg elastics, just throw your nappies and wraps in the bucket, but rinse them in the washing machine before washing.

Put your nappies in the machine and run a rinse cycle.

If you want, after the rinse, you can add anything else that can take a hot wash (towels, baby’s vest and sleepsuits, sheets, tshirts etc)

Add a full dose of your usual non-bio washing powder (you can choose to add a scoop of cloth friendly sanitiser such as Bio D Nappy Fresh, Mio Fresh, Potion or Little Violets Stain Remover or Mineral Bleach

Wash at 60 to kill all bacteria.

Line dry as much as possible.

Yes – if you use common sense. Always wash a full wash, wash at 60 or lower, line dry as much as possible, pass nappies down from one child to the next. If you follow those recommendations you reduce your carbon footprint by 75% compared with disposable nappies.

Cloth nappies are made from sustainable materials with little chemical usage.

There is far less going in landfill.

Faeces are dealt with by the sewage system and not just put in the ground.