Comments on: The Recycle This Guide to Recycling Baby Stuff

By: Jayne

Jayne — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:12:31 +0000

Me too, I raised 3 children without any bottles, formula, baby food or disposable nappies. I just cooked all our food without salt, reserved some for baby, liquidised or mashed it and kept it frozen in little containers for when needed. A much simpler, cheaper and saner way to bring up babies. Actually I’m simply too lazy for the whole sterilisation thing, so I avoided it by exclusively breastfeeding for a year.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:41:11 +0000

Gee, thanks. That’s probably the point of this website. We’re all not so perfectly enlightened as you.

By: Deb

Deb — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:57:48 +0000

It never occurred to me to wash disposable wipes so thank you! We use washable wipes normally but are using disposables as the moment due to washables being a bit harsh on nappy rash.

We just use water and a couple of drops of tea tree oil in our wipes container (which just happens to be a re-purposed baby wipes container) so it’s interesting to hear what you do, thanks.

By: Piper

Piper — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:42:24 +0000

Did you know, Ella’s Kitchen has partnered with eco-innovators TerraCycle to collect baby food pouches (regardless of brand)!

You collect the pouches at home, and when you’re happy with how much you’ve collected, just get a free royal mail shipping label from your account on terracycle.co.uk, stick it to the box containing the pouches (can be a shoe box, anything really) and take it to a post office.

When your shipment is checked in, your online account is credited with 2p per pouch, and then twice a year that money is donated to a school or charity of your choice! In return, the pouches are not only diverted from the landfil (unfortunately they are made from mixed materials, so they are not recyclable) as they’re UPCYCLED into new products, such as baby bags and bibs.
It’s win-win really, not only you don’t spend a penny sending these, as you can donate two coppers to your child’s brownies group, or the animal shelter down the road. (2p doesn’t sound like much, but it’s mostly symbolic – that is, if I disregard how many pouches we go through every month!)

By: Brittany Nelson

Brittany Nelson — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:49:33 +0000

You can turn empty baby food jars into musical instruments for older children – just fill with lentils or beans to make a fun sounds. Just keep your new instruments out of baby’s sight unless you seal the jar!

By: Bin Rental Vancouver

Bin Rental Vancouver — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:11:08 +0000

These days babies’ bottles tend to be made from an “unbreakable” plastic for safety reasons – depending on the recycling schemes in your area, you might be able to recycle it with your usual bottles and jars (different areas recycle types of plastic).

By: Bin Rental Vancouver

Bin Rental Vancouver — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:10:49 +0000

Here are some ideas for recycling baby stuff
1.Save those gowns and footed sleepers. You can never have too many to change into after a spit up or a diaper failure. Stains don’t matter and the cotton fabric gets softer and more comfortable with each trip through the laundry.

2.My girls’ used crib shoes and socks still look brand new even after being worn by three babies. If you know how much soft soled leather baby shoes cost you know that this is a very good example of saving money by recycling baby stuff. One caution that I would add is to be sure that you store them in a dry place between births as I lost a couple of pairs to mold (or was it mildew) when I put them in a cardboard box on the floor of the closet.

3.Strollers and baby beds are expensive and big money savers so long as you keep up with recalls. I actually came out alright by selling mine and buying newer models used for my second and third baby when storage space at my house was scarce. I didn’t feel guilty because by buying used, I was still recycling baby stuff and keeping it out of the junkyard.

By: austin pieschel

austin pieschel — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:50:15 +0000

how to recycle baby diapers

By: Sheila

Sheila — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:39:29 +0000

I raised 4 babies without a single bottle, formula, etc and virtually no disposable diapers or baby wipes except for travelling. Look at the picture of the baby food jar -you could probably buy a whole yam for the price of that jar and feed the adults also! You are attacking the issue from the wrong end- reduce your consumption first, then worry about recycling if you have anything to recycle.

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Bin Rental Vancouver Dumpster Disposal — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:50:45 +0000

By: fina

fina — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:41:05 +0000

Baby wipe containers are agreat way to get organized I have two girls and I use them to organize their hair stuff like bows etc also great for some toys like barbie shoes or pollly pocket toys, crayons anything small then you just label the side with whats in it and they stack great too.

By: dancing girl

dancing girl — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:56:18 +0000

I hot wash the wipes in my cloth nappy cycle and recycle them again by making a mixture of water, a few squirts of baby wash, 5 drops of tea tree oil and and 5 drops of lavender oil. The wipes along with some cloth ones are rolled up, packed neatly in the wipes container and the mixture is pored over to just cover the wipes. The tea tree oil prevents the mixture from going sour and you have fantastic smelling wipes all wet and ready to go. Depending on the brand the wipes will last at least 5-10 washes. I have saved heaps of money by doing this. I use the cloth wipes for sticky number twos and the recycled wipes are great for number ones. I don’t use the recycled wipes for face or hands. I have a seperate container of flannels on the kitchen table with the same sort of mixture with slightly less baby wash in it.

By: ScrapHaul Junk Removal Vancouver

ScrapHaul Junk Removal Vancouver — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:31:47 +0000

Most brands of baby wipes have just the wipes without the plastic container for sale, so there wouldn’t be a need to dispose of the container everytime you have to “refill.” Also, as you mentioned, they do make for a great container for a first aid kit — I have one full of band-aids, cottons, antiseptics, etc. :)