Isn it bad for the environment because it uses a lot of water, electricity, and detergent to launder?
While laundering cloth diapers does use water and electricity, the alternatives (using and supporting the manufacturing of disposable diapers) are much worse. Also, you will use much less detergent, because when washing your diapers, you should only use about a quarter to half the amount of detergent that you would normally use. Research shows that the environmental damages caused by disposable diapers far outweigh those of reusables. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTS (The following is taken from www.motherease.com) Waste water from washing cloth diapers is relatively benign while the wastewater from pulp, paper and plastics contain solvents, sludge, heavy metals, unreacted polymers, dioxins and furans. Although cloth diaper use emits air pollution, the air pollution from the manufacture of disposables is far more noxious. Pulp bleaching emits dioxins and furans into the air, as does incineration. Single use disposable diapers use 37% more water than home laundered. Disposables appear to produce les
