The 10 Best Natural Diaper Brands

Single-use diapers are notoriously pollutive — the EPA estimates that the average disposable diaper can take around 500 years to degrade. However, these days, there are many brands on the market making disposable diapers with far less plastic, instead relying on materials like bamboo, wood pulp, and cotton for single-use diapers. We rounded up 15 natural diaper brands, each of which take far less time to degrade, and some of which can even be composted — and we asked our audience to vote for their favorites.

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Eco by Naty is a Swedish company founded in 1994 that makes diapers and a few other products, including baby wipes and menstrual care items. Products are certified vegan, FSC-certified, Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified, and certified biobased by OK Biobased by TÜV Austria. Eco by Naty's diapers boast that all diaper components that touch baby's skin are bio-based.

Bambo Nature diapers are Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified and FSC-certified. The diapers promise 12 hours of protection thanks to their leakage prevention technology, and they're guaranteed skin-safe. The company voluntarily undergoes third-party inspections of products to ensure safety and sustainability.

Terra makes plant-based diapers, training pants, and bamboo baby wipes. The company's diapers are made with 85 percent plant-based materials, including FSC-certified wood pulp and biodegradable bamboo fiber. All products are free of chlorine, latex, lotion, and harsh chemicals as certified by Intertek, and the diapers are rated "excellent" by Dermatest.

Millie Moon makes "luxury" diapers, as well as wipes and training pants, which are all certified vegan and cruelty-free by PETA. The company's diapers are Dermatest certified and free of lotions, latex, or fragrance. Diapers are also Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified and designed to be ultra absorbent. Millie Moon is also partnered with Reach Out and Read, an early literacy nonprofit.

Coterie's popular diapers are EWG Verified, FSC-certified, cruelty-free, and made from 25 percent plant-based materials. The diaper's absorbent core is made of sodium polyacrylate, and chlorine-free wood pulp from sustainable forests. Coterie also boasts that its products are free of fragrance, lotion, latex, rubber, dyes, alcohol, heavy metals, VOCs, and other unwated ingredients.

Certified B Corp Happy Little Camper's diapers are composed of a GMO-free cotton-blend top sheet, and infused with aloe vera and extracts of vitamin E. Happy Little Camper is FSC-certified and free of ingredients such as polyethylene glycols, parabens, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), silicone, dioxins, VOCs, lotion, and latex.

Founded by Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, Hello Bello sells a variety of children's care items at affordable prices. For its diapers, Hello Bello uses a zero-waste manufacturing process, and its diaper core is made from sustainably-harvested fluff pulp, with a plant-based core liner. All diapers are made in the U.S., and unsellable goods are donated to those in need.

Freestyle is best known for its bamboo diapers, which are made from BambooTek FSC-certified and Ecocert-certified organic bamboo fabric pulp. The company maintains that the difference between its products and other bamboo diapers is that Freestyle doesn't use wood for its diaper pulp, just bamboo. The company's website also states its products are made without fragrance, chlorine, phthalates, latex, and other unwanted ingredients.

Dyper products are made with bamboo and are Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified. The diapers are made using natural rubber latex, and are free of unwanted ingredients like parabens, fragrances, and phthalates. Dyper products are certified 55 percent biobased and 5-star rated by DermaTest, an independent dermatology research institute.

Nest Diapers' diapers are Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified and SGS-certified, and are not tested on animals. Ingredients include wood fluff and an acrylate polymer produced with 10 percent renewable resources. The company's diapers are technically compostable, but Nest Diapers urges consumers to compost them commercially instead of at home.