North Queensland mother Chloe Wilson has begun a petition asking the Whitsundays Regional Council to consider a rebate program for the purchase of reusable nappies.
Wilson said that the initial cost of modern cloth nappies prevents parents from choosing them.
It is estimated one million nappies have gone to landfill in the Whitsundays. Each will take up to five hundred years to break down.
The Whitsundays Regional Council said it will raise the issue at a regional waste management meeting later this month.