Posted on 02/06/2009 9:22:57 AM PST by Domandred
Your baby needs lots of love and reassurance and, as every parent knows ... diapers. Wrapping a diaper around your baby's bottom is a routine chore — but is it a "green" one as well?
"Diapers solve a public health problem," says Chaz Miller, director of state programs for the National Waste Management Association. "They take feces and urine and create a safe environment for their deposition by incontinent persons. This option is far better than soiled pants or [pooping] in the woods."
That having been said, which is better for the environment: disposable diapers or the reusable cloth, wash-and-wear kind?
Britain's Environment Agency recently discovered that, believe it or not, disposable diapers ("nappies" as they're called across the pond) have a slightly smaller carbon footprint than washable ones — 550 kg versus 570 kg (1,212 versus 1,256 pounds) of carbon-dioxide equivalents over two and a half years of use.
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What a joke. When my kids were babies, people who used disposable diapers were the scourge of the earth.
I’m surprised that they’re not advocating diaperless....
Diaperless Babies Seen As Earth-Friendly Solution
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1122326/posts
I only used disposable because my hands couldn’t stand the constant washing after the every two hour diaper changes, for two kids.
The skin on my fingers got so dried out and chapped that when I bent my fingers, my knuckles would split and bleed.
That was the end of disposables for me....
Innsbruck, Austria PING! {evil grin}
Are you telling me you washed the diapers by hand?????
No. It was just the changing the kids and wringing the diapers out and then washing my hands afterwards.
I can’t wash my hands that often in the winter.
Oh, I understand.
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