Why don't more parents use cloth diapers?
I do workshops in my town that gives information on cloth diapers. I do the cost analysis, explain the washing process, etc. etc. but parents still choose disposable anyway. They love the convenience and could care less about anything else. I am a full time working mom and I still have time to do 2 extra loads of laundry a week. It's so easy to cloth diaper a baby these days, and the environmental factor is huge.
I really think these parents don't care about the thousands of tons of diapers that our next generation of adults will have to somehow manage. I am so frustrated... I do this workshop for free because I don't want my kids to suffer in mountains of trash for the rest of their lives.
Ohiomom, with a bad economy, there should be a greater incentive to use cloth.
Zaza and Nanook - the amount of water used to wash diapers is about the same as an adult flushing the toilet 5 times a day, which is what the child would do once he his potty trained anyway. If cloth is so "bad", we should be using paper towels instead of washable, eating off paper plates and using plastic silverware because washing them pollutes more. You can't tell me that something disposable is better than something you can re-use.
Kathryn - are you serious? Factories don't make cloth diapers as much as they make disposables! Cloth are usually sewn by WAHMs, without chemicals. Please get your facts together
For all those who tell me to mind my own business, it is EVERYONE'S business. I am shocked that some of you think that this doesn't affect the world as a whole. I am concerned because this is a REAL problem that OUR KIDS will have to deal with somehow.
Please don't shoot the messenger!
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