Monday, August 15, 2011

Cloth Diapers Not Just For Crunchy Mamas

This past Wednesday I really wanted to do another "Wordless Wednesday" post but I really had more to say about the photo than letting the "picture speaks 1000 words" rule fall into place. (And I noticed another blog had done a WW that day and I didn't want to steal her post!)

Maybe you have already seen the photo that I am talking about, it has been circulating around Facebook and various other sites, and if you haven't seen this photo you really need to!

   



This is 5000 disposable diapers, which is on average what it takes to diaper ONE baby for two and a half years. This is what people throw into landfills all over North America (if not a good portion of the world) every day. I am guilty of this myself. We used disposable diapers for our oldest child the entire time she was in diapers. I am sure many of you feel the same way that I do about this photo, shocked and upset.

Cloth diapering is NOT just for the "crunchy" bunch of us, it should really be for anyone who even has the slightest bit of care for the planet that they live on. These diapers are going to take thousands of years to biodegrade and its only going to destroy the planet in the process.

I don't know where this photo came from. I have no idea who took it but I am sure glad that they have put it out there for everyone to see, because people NEED to see the daily impact that they are making.



How does this photo make you feel?
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  1. Jessica DimasAugust 17, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    Did you know that researchers at Metropolitan University in Mexico City have cultivated oyster mushrooms in diapers that "can break down 90% of the material they are made of within two months. Within four, they are degraded completely."

    Now if only we could put this into action!

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  2. AnonymousAugust 18, 2011 at 8:08 AM

    Yes, that would work nicely if they weren't bagged up in plastic bags and thrown into a landfill. In order to decompose nicely they would have to be planted in some nice soil... I doubt many mamas do that...

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