A MOTHER from Bedworth is pinning her hopes on a new range of eco-friendly washable nappies.
Vanessa Lewis gave up a successful legal career to start her own business, Bubbly Bottoms, in a bid to help parents cut their carbon footprint.
She turned her back on disposable nappies because of the high cost and impact they had on the environment.
Vanessa was concerned at the thought of her five-year-old son Matthew's old nappies still being around when he has his own grandchildren because they don't completely degrade for hundreds of years.
Bubbly Bottoms, based at the business incubator facility at The Hub Business Centre on Bayton Road Industrial estate in Exhall, sells modern reusable nappies that could save parents hundreds of pounds.
She said: "Parents still think of washable nappies as the old-style terry towelling with a safety pin. They're not.
"Technology has changed. They are virtually identical to throwaway nappies - just cheaper and better for your children and the environment.
"In the long run our real nappies could save families more than s800 for a first baby and the savings obviously increase significantly when the same nappies are able to be used again for the next baby too."
Warwickshire County Council say 22.5m nappies, or 3300 metric tonnes, would go to landfill every year if all parents in the county used disposable nappies.
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