Now, I feel sick seeing trees covered in a thin film of plastic bags. Bags don’t stay in a landfill. Through gradual diffusion, they are spreading out across the land and the sea. We’re suffocating ourselves.
That it has to come to such a state before there is outcry all around the world is sad, but at least there is a building outcry now. The Guardian has collected all of their waste stories from one page.
What a Waste to throw away 10s of billions of disposable diapers every year when reusable diapers will do a better job for less money. Our culture has begun to let go of throwaway drink bottles and throwaway plastic bags in favor of reusable bottles and reusable bags. We can’t keep buying products knowing that we will be throwing them away after only a short period of use.
Disposable products create waste, whether that waste is sent to a landfill for 1000 years, flushed and disposed of through wastewater treatment, or composted and disposed of as yard waste.
Reusable products do not create waste.
Cloth diapers use fewer resources in their manufacture, distribution, use, and disposal. As more people become aware of the need to reduce, reuse, and recycle, it is time to make the switch back to 100% reusable cloth diapers.
Have you seen the 20-minute presentation of The Story of Stuff? This is an incredibly concise introduction to Extractions > Production > Distribution > Consumption > Disposal, with a focus on eliminating waste by choosing another way: sustainability.
Looking at comments on the Story of Stuff, a lot of people say, “Yea? But where are the references.” References abound throughout the Story of Stuff website, but now we have a collection of references printed on garbage because The Story of Stuff the book was just released. Haven’t read it yet, but I’ll post a review once I do.
What a Waste is a project of Real Diaper Association (RDA). Its intent is to bring together the individuals and organizations---be they nonprofit or for-profit---who endorse and support the choice of reusable cloth diapers as a powerful way to reduce waste.
Together, we will compile
and publish research and news highlighting efforts to reject throwaway thinking and to promote the use of reusable products, particularly cloth diapers.
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