Babies born at Waitakere Hospital over the new few months will be provided with cloth nappies, according to an article in the NZ Herald. Here’s a few snippets:

….. All babies born at Waitakere Hospital for the next three months will go home wearing a cloth nappy, and will have a further two nappies given to them in a take-home pack. Waitakere City Council and the West Auckland Health Services Foundation have each given $10,000 to the scheme which could result in some 18,000 less nappies in landfills over the next three months…

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…..cloth nappies also had a health benefit….. It was important to check a baby’s urine during its first 24 hours, to make sure its kidneys were functioning properly. Cloth nappies allowed that to be seen far easier than throw-aways…..

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