Earth Day Idea
If you're a mom to a baby or toddler, or are expecting a child, consider cloth diapering. It is just as easy as diapering with disposables only much more Earth friendly. :) It will save you money and trips to the store as well. Hop on over to my other blog Fluffy Bums for Dum Dums to learn how to get started, read reviews on various diapers, and some links to favorite stores to buy from.
Meanwhile here are some facts on disposable diapers and cloth diapering to get ya thinking:
Meanwhile here are some facts on disposable diapers and cloth diapering to get ya thinking:
- Disposable diapers contain traces of Dioxin, an extremely toxic by-product of the paper-bleaching process. It is a carcinogenic chemical, listed by the EPA as the most toxic of all cancer-linked chemicals. It is banned in most countries, but not the U.S..
- Disposable diapers contain Tributyl-tin (TBT) - a toxic pollutant known to cause hormonal problems in humans and animals.
- The instructions on a disposable diaper package advice that all fecal matter should be deposited in the toilet before discarding, yet less than one half of one percent of all waste from single-use diapers goes into the sewage system.
- No one knows how long it takes for a disposable diaper to decompose, but it is estimated to be about 250-500 years, long after your children, grandchildren and great, great, great grandchildren will be gone.
- Disposable diapers generate sixty times more solid waste and use twenty times more raw materials, like crude oil and wood pulp.
- The manufacture and use of disposable diapers amounts to 2.3 times more water wasted than cloth.
- It costs approximately $2,000 to diaper a child in disposable diapers through potty training. Cloth diapering your child can cost as little as $300- $800 until potty training, and becomes cheaper with each consecutive child.