The
cloth
baby diaper
seemingly disappeared from baby bags and changing tables as
disposable diapers become more popular. Disposable diapers were once
viewed as a break through in diapering technology. Moms and dads
could travel and enjoy being away from home without needing to carry
dirty cloth diapers around with them. There were no pins to back and
no folding techniques to remember; just place the diaper around your
baby, press the sticky plastic seals and go. Disposable diapers have
quickly become a problem for our environment. Just because they can
be thrown away, does not mean they are decomposable. Piles of
disposable baby diapers sit in our landfills taking up space and
creating health hazards for our communities.
Changes
in Cloth
There
have been many changes made to cloth diapers in recent year. Pins and
rubber pants are a thing of the past. Cloth diapers now come in a
variety of designs and sizes. There are simple all-in-one styles, or
pre-folded with wraps that do not need diaper pins. Today's cloth
diapers are just as convenient as disposables. The modern cloth baby
diaper features snap or hook and loop closures meaning you no longer
have to fold and pin diapers closed. Which ever you choose, switching
to cloth diapers you are helping prevent the 2 billion tons of
plastic and human waste thrown in landfills each year. Reusing cloth
diapers saves water, energy and the environment over all.
Saving
the Environment
Along
with saving energy, using a baby
diaper
made from cloth is a more environmentally friendly than using a
disposable diaper each time you need to change your baby. In the
United States alone, 18 billion disposable diapers are thrown into
landfills each year. The plastics and materials used to make
disposable baby diapers are not easily biodegradable. Human waste
sitting in a landfill can contain harmful bacteria which can work
their way into the environment and eventually the water supply. In
the long run, using a cloth baby
diaper
enforces the concept of reduce, reuse, recycle.
Saving
Money and Water
Beginning
to diaper your baby using cloth diapers can cost a bit of money to
start. Cloth baby diapers are reusable and pay for themselves
overtime. Cloth baby
diaper
users end up saving money because they don't have to buy diapers
every week. Washing cloth diapers requires less laundry soap than you
would think. Some households report savings on both laundry detergent
and energy costs when they wash their cloth diapers with their
regular laundry. You might think using a cloth baby
diaper
is inconvenient or unsanitary. Being able to wash them in your
machine sanitizes them while saving you time and money.
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