Did you know that it can take a disposable diaper 500 years to break down in a landfill? Just imagine how many tons of this waste alone is dumped every year. It is somewhere around 3.5 million tons in just the US! A lot of families are now looking for alternatives to this gluttonous system. Some are switching to a washable cloth diapering system. Did you know that there is yet another option when it comes to diapering your little one's bum? When our son was born we wanted to use cloth and we did part time, but could never fully manage all that goes along with re-usable diapers. My hat is off to all of you mama's who manage this, some of you with multiple babies in dipes! Last year we discovered a more environmentally responsible diapering option than throwing diapers in a landfill, G-diapers. They have turned out to be a good choice for us. I must admit the real reason I finally gave G's a try, was that Seventh Gerneration suddenly made their diapers smaller and I got stuck with a whole case of diapers that didn't fit my son. After contacting 7th Gen, they basically told me 'too bad'. I thought that was a pretty horrible thing for them to do to their customers. It basically forced everyone to move up a size, and therefore get less diapers for the money. One of those sneaky tactics companies use when they don't want to be honest and just raise the price. But on the positive side, I finally took the plunge and gave the G-diaper a try. With the G, you basically have a cloth outer with a disposable liner. The kicker is that the liner can be flushed down the toilet, or actually composted in your garden (the pee ones only). Even if you do have a really scary poop or for some reason decide you can't flush or compost, you can throw the liner away and it will break down in, get this, 50-150 DAYS! I hear some folks saying that the water it takes to flush them makes them bad for the environment, but to me that is like arguing for disposable clothing. So until we all are using composting toilets, we are flushing our waste for now- but that is another post. For our family they have been wonderful, I won't say that they never leak, but I do think that can be a problem of any diaper type. They have a really terrific website with a lot more information, so check it out www.gdiapers.com
I would love to hear some feedback about your diapering experiences- good or bad.
2 comments:
This is such a great idea. While I was at Tree City Diapers, I was investigating their reuseable diapers and decided that it wasn't for me. However, the thought of throwing away millions of diapers filled with plastic and harmful materials to the environment doesn't seem like the right approach either. This G-diaper is the perfect balance!
I am SOOOOO glad that you started this blog! You have so much great information!!!
Tree City Diapers is a great resource! I bought my first cloth diaper covers there. I wish I could have done better with the cloth diapering system, but as mamas, we never want to get hung up on stuff like this. There are other areas in my family that my energy was needed.
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