Diaper Alternatives
"From birth to toilet training each child will use approximately 5,300 disposable diapers. It takes 440-880 lbs. of fluff pulp and 286 lbs. of plastic (including packaging) per year to supply a single baby with disposables. They are the 3rd largest single product in the waste stream behind newspapers and beverage containers. In areas where paper, glass, tin cans etc. are collected for recycling, diapers make up an even larger portion of the garbage."
Sounds pretty bad huh? There are better alternatives to traditional disposable diapers. Cloth diapers and G-Diapers are pretty cute these days. They are nothing like cloth diapers used to be.
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Article from NRDC on diaper alternatives As the debate continues about cloth diapers versus disposables, there are yet still more options.
Organic Cloth Diapers Even cloth diapers are better when they are organic!!!
The Politics of Diapers A timeline of recovered history on disposable diapers.
Beginners Guide to Cloth Diapers Where do you start and how? Frequently asked questions are answered here.
G-Diapers An alternative to both cloth and disposables.