PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice is backing a new campaign to raise awareness of the waste caused by disposable nappies.
Real Nappy Week 2004 has been organised by the Women's Environmental Network and will form part of a Government drive to convert an additional 155,000 households to real nappy use by 2006.
Home-laundered nappies could save parents £500 on the cost of nappies with a kit costing £70 - the price of disposable nappies over 10 to 12 weeks.
The Labour backbencher said: "Most parents simply don't realise the impact of using disposable nappies. They are creating a problem that their babies will have to clean up in 20 years time.
"I am backing the campaign and I hope that many parents will consider changing to real nappies."
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