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Diaper Pollution SoluTion: Compost Bamboo Diapers?
clother or disposable diapers?
Keep The Beet Media Star
has me looking into this issue lately
as part of her Great Earth Cleanup!
Date: 5/6/2010 8:15:59 PM ( 14 y ) ... viewed 2568 times
COMPOST SITE
This is important
http://www.thenewgreenblog.com/tag/composting/
1:32 AM
May 8, 2010
6:12 PM
May 6, 2010
Wow!!!
Diaper Pollution!
My friend Linda Daniels has got a better solution.
I am looking into the problem.
Here are some details here
about Diaper Pollution:
http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Diaper-Not-Clear.htm
Cloth Diapers
Although disposable diapers pose environmental concerns from a solid waste perspective, cloth diapers raise concerns regarding air and water pollution. The reusable nature of cloth diapers reduces the solid waste problem, but creates other environmental concerns. Laundering of cloth diapers requires water, energy to heat the water and operate equipment, and chemicals in the form of laundry and sanitizing products that contribute to water pollution and additionally tax municipal water treatment systems.
A 1990 study concluded that cloth diapers used twice as much energy and four times as much water as disposables, and created greater air and water pollution than disposables (8). Commercial diaper services pose similar concerns, plus additional fuel use and air pollution created by delivery trucks. Emissions from home and diaper service drying equipment contribute to air pollution. While disposable diapers use more raw materials in the manufacturing process, cloth diapers use greater resources after use or care. Use of disposables raises a concern about solid waste management, while cloth diapers contribute to air and water pollution and possible taxing of municipal water and sewage systems.
Diapering methods must be evaluated in terms of resource use, pollution and solid waste management to determine which poses the most serious environmental problems for a given locale long term.
In areas where land is plentiful but water is in short supply disposable diapers may be the more environmentally responsible choice. In areas experiencing solid waste problems and decreasing landfills, but have adequate water supplies, cloth diapers or a combination of cloth and disposables may be the most environmentally responsible choice.
Health
Other health issues impact on the diaper question. Diaper rash is related to excess skin wetness. While disposables draw moisture away from the skin and retain it in a chemical powder that forms a gel in contact with liquid, critics suggest that cloth diapers are changed more often and therefore are more likely to prevent diaper rash. Studies show that super absorbent disposables, perform best in reducing skin wetness. Cloth diapers provide the next best amount of protection and regular disposables provide the least (8). Frequent diaper changes and attention to hygiene are the most critical practices in dealing with diaper rash problems.
Most day care settings require children to wear disposable diapers for reasons of convenience as well as for hygiene. Studies show that children in group day care situations experience more frequent diarrhea than children cared for at home or individually (10). A recent study demonstrated that diaper leakage and resulting contamination of the day care setting is greater with cloth diapers and plastic pants, than with super absorbent disposable diapers (11).
No comparison data is reported for regular disposables that are less expensive and more commonly used than the super absorbent varieties.
BAMBOOIES IS COMING OUT
TO ADDRESS THE DIAPER RASH ISSUE
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