Comments on: What’s Better for the Environment – Cloth Diapers, Disposables, or Neither? http://earthfirst.com/whats-better-for-the-environment-%e2%80%93-cloth-diapers-disposables-or-neither/ A Sharp Eye -- With a Green Edge Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:58:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dare @ GiveThemRoots http://earthfirst.com/whats-better-for-the-environment-%e2%80%93-cloth-diapers-disposables-or-neither/comment-page-1/#comment-4251 Dare @ GiveThemRoots Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:22:06 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=2548#comment-4251 gDiapers cloth cover still has to be washed, just like a regular "nappie" does hence still needs to be dried. Most cloth companies encourage hang drying (including gDiapers) it keeps your diapers in the best condition possible and isn't so strenous on the elastic. The flushing required to dispose of the gDiapers uses excessive water if you take into account you need to flush the diaper and then wash the cover as well. Now- I love both, gDiapers for traveling and cloth diapers for home but I think this article falsely represents both. Disposables, there's nothing good about those, from the landfills to the chemicals they have no biz on my baby's bum. gDiapers cloth cover still has to be washed, just like a regular “nappie” does hence still needs to be dried. Most cloth companies encourage hang drying (including gDiapers) it keeps your diapers in the best condition possible and isn’t so strenous on the elastic. The flushing required to dispose of the gDiapers uses excessive water if you take into account you need to flush the diaper and then wash the cover as well.

Now- I love both, gDiapers for traveling and cloth diapers for home but I think this article falsely represents both. Disposables, there’s nothing good about those, from the landfills to the chemicals they have no biz on my baby’s bum.

]]> By: Carla http://earthfirst.com/whats-better-for-the-environment-%e2%80%93-cloth-diapers-disposables-or-neither/comment-page-1/#comment-4250 Carla Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:08:05 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=2548#comment-4250 I have seen both sides of the argument as well. A few of the parents I know who use cloth diapers line or hang dry them - not pop them in the dryer. But even the ones who use dryers swear that it’s better than disposable diapers because as you pointed out, are usually piled up in the landfills. The other argument against disposable diapers has to do with how healthy they actually are (or not). I have seen both sides of the argument as well. A few of the parents I know who use cloth diapers line or hang dry them – not pop them in the dryer. But even the ones who use dryers swear that it’s better than disposable diapers because as you pointed out, are usually piled up in the landfills. The other argument against disposable diapers has to do with how healthy they actually are (or not).

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