http://whatawaste.info Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:57:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=6374 http://whatawaste.info/but-i-heard/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Cloth diapers vs. Disposable diapers – Reasons why our family chose cloth « the daisy blog Thu, 20 May 2010 19:04:36 +0000 http://whatawaste.info/?page_id=4#comment-44 [...] 1.  Cloth Diapers are sustainable. – With cloth diapers, I am not sending hundreds of pounds of diaper waste to the dump each month.  Instead, I wash and reuse my diapers, making them much more sustainable.  Others may try to convince you otherwise, but the environmental impact of cloth diapers versus disposable diapers is no contest.  The Real Diaper Association estimates that 27.4 billion diapers end up in landfills each year, and that they may take anywhere from 250-500 years to decompose.  The raw materials used in making disposables are incredible, too – it is estimated that 300 pounds of wood, 50 pounds of petroleum feedstocks, and 20 pounds of chlorine are used to produce disposable diapers for ONE baby each year.  (You can check out these facts at more at the RDA’s Real Diaper Facts site or What a Waste.) [...] [...] 1.  Cloth Diapers are sustainable. – With cloth diapers, I am not sending hundreds of pounds of diaper waste to the dump each month.  Instead, I wash and reuse my diapers, making them much more sustainable.  Others may try to convince you otherwise, but the environmental impact of cloth diapers versus disposable diapers is no contest.  The Real Diaper Association estimates that 27.4 billion diapers end up in landfills each year, and that they may take anywhere from 250-500 years to decompose.  The raw materials used in making disposables are incredible, too – it is estimated that 300 pounds of wood, 50 pounds of petroleum feedstocks, and 20 pounds of chlorine are used to produce disposable diapers for ONE baby each year.  (You can check out these facts at more at the RDA’s Real Diaper Facts site or What a Waste.) [...]

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