| Cloth nappies are not only good for your baby. They | | | | amount needed for washing modern cloth nappies. |
| are also very friendly to the environment. Using cloth | | | | With the acceleration of global warming resulting to |
| nappies does not only protect your children, but you | | | | scarcity of water, this fact alone points out why cloth |
| are also protecting the environment that will nurture the | | | | nappies considerably help environment preservation. |
| next generation. | | | | Global natural resources can be affected by nappies. |
| The environmental impact of cloth nappies is | | | | Disposables use eight times more non-renewable |
| considerably lesser than disposables. In fact, most | | | | resources for its production compared to cloth nappies. |
| preliminary studies on the use of cloth nappies validate | | | | Renewable resources however have been |
| the common knowledge that it can really bring more | | | | devastated by disposable nappies as factories need |
| benefits for the environment. | | | | ninety percent more than those required for the |
| Disposable nappies are non-biodegradable. They can | | | | production of cloth nappies. |
| exist for more that five hundred years without | | | | Some sectors contend that the environmental benefits |
| decomposing. Disposables are one of the hazardous | | | | of cloth nappies are not conclusive. There are also |
| materials that are dumped on land fills throughout the | | | | arguments that the after-production environmental |
| world. And because disposable nappies are | | | | impact of nappies made from cloth is actually bigger. |
| non-biodegradable, those than have been used the | | | | It is true that cloth-based nappies need constant |
| past several decades are still wreaking havoc on the | | | | rewashing. Because of this, the soap suds, water, and |
| environment. | | | | drying requirements of cloth nappies will certainly have |
| Cloth nappies on the other hand can be re-used over | | | | some impact on the environment. |
| and over. Some traditional families actually pass | | | | However, modern cloth technologies have been |
| children’s clothing, including nappies, to the next | | | | introduced reducing the soap requirements for nappy |
| generation of children in their household. | | | | washing. Modern cloth nappies today can be washed |
| Because cloth nappies can be re-used, they can | | | | easily without the need for too much soap powder, |
| lessen the amount of valuable natural resources | | | | bleach, or other chemical pollutants. |
| needed for their production. In comparison, disposable | | | | Families are also advised to schedule their wash day |
| nappies consume non-renewable and renewable | | | | twice a week instead of washing the nappies |
| resources at an ever increasing rate due to faster | | | | everyday. Modern solar energy equipments can also |
| mass production. | | | | help in drying cloth nappies. They can simply be air |
| In producing one disposable nappy, manufacturers | | | | dried under the sun which is more hygienic as bacteria |
| would have to consume one large cup of crude oil for | | | | can be eliminated by intense sunlight. |
| its machineries. In fact, the overall production of | | | | Indeed, cloth nappies have more benefits for the |
| disposables worldwide will need four times the energy | | | | environment than disposables. You can do your part |
| requirement in producing cloth nappies. | | | | by using cloth nappies. Your baby then can become a |
| The water needed for producing disposable nappies | | | | champion of mother earth. |
| on the other hand is two times greater than the | | | | |