Stink- and guilt-free diaper disposal

Jamie and I have decided for now out of sheer laziness to go with gDiapers over cloth for the short-term. Although it's not exactly complicated to order the cloth service, we thought for the first few weeks that we'd like to stick with the most convenient non-disposable option - so gDiapers it is. We also have a backup pack of Seventh Generation diapers too, but unlike gDiapers they aren't biodegradable (although way better than Pampers and whatnot). We'll order the cloth service after the first few weeks, but I plan to still use gDiapers for travel etc, provided they work well!

How to dispose of the diapers is another conundrum - one we'd been puzzling over for a while. You can technically flush the gDiaper inserts (which we'll try) and they also biodegrade if placed in the garbage. But what to put them in, between PJs butt and the garbage room in the basement of our building? We wanted to find something that would eliminate stink, but locking them into the Diaper Genie's sausage-link plastic casings seemed to defeat the purpose of choosing an environmentally-friendly option.

Well, lucky for us, we've found a great solution - the Clean Air diaper disposal by First Years at Babies r Us. It takes regular 13-gallon (tall size) kitchen garbage bags, which means that we can use our biodegradable Bio Bags in it. Rather than encase each diaper in a separate bag, like the Diaper Genie, this uses one bag that stays sealed off until you access it. Then you pop your filthy gem inside it and a filter (that runs on D batteries - we'll use rechargable ones) apparently keeps things smelling on the up and up. The lid is a little loud, but that's not a big deal to us.

Voila - biodegradable diaper inserts inside a biodegradable bag! Awesome solution and zero guilt!

Bio Bags are awesome, by the way - we get ours at Capers/Whole Foods. They are made from GMO-free corn. They aren't the cheapest things out there, but they are totally worth it. For anyone out there with a dog, Bio Bags also makes dog-doo disposal bags (in addition to their great line of home products).