About a week ago we posted a link of interest about a group of grandmothers in Utah who volunteered to make cloth diapers for needy moms in the area. A friend had sent over the link, so we didn’t delve too deeply into the site, just reading enough to get a gist of the issue. What we hadn’t realized at the time was that this one article is a small part of a continuing debate over cloth versus disposables for low-income families in Salt Lake City…perhaps everywhere since it is a topic that affects communities nationwide. Doing a search on diapers on the Salt Lake Tribune site yields letter after letter either in support of cloth donations to shelters or defense on the use of disposables. Just reading some of the letters makes it clear that parents, whether or children still in diapers or now grown, are quite passionate about the side they choose.
Certainly for the mom with limited resources (no washer or limited funds for a Laundromat), disposables may be the more attractive option. For those who seek to assist parents with a cloth transition to reduce waste, there also comes the responsibility of ensuring they truly have everything they need, including a method for properly washing and drying covers and inserts. If you do go through the archive of articles there, it is heartbreaking to hear how some women have been forced to choose between diapers and food in some situations. Since we don’t know every circumstance, of course, it’s not our place to judge, but we should be called to help in any way possible.
Does your local charitable organization accept donations of cloth diapers and related accessories? If not, how would assist in educating parents to clean and use cloth diapers in the most efficient and inexpensive way?
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That is really a tough situation to try to work through. If someone doesn’t have a washer, then using cloth is definitely going to be hard on them; however, buying diapers all the time is also hard, because it’s spending money they shouldn’t have to spend. I would first of all say, line dry, or hang dry, and don’t use a dryer, as that’s an unnecessary cost. As for washing…without a washing machine, there’s really only the laundromat, unless there’s a diaper service. And that costs money. If cloth were more mainstream, then I’d say the diaper services could possibly offer some savings, maybe even offer parents the option of donating the cost of one wash cycle per year or something like that. But until cloth is mainstream again, and diaper services are available, I don’t see that happening. It all boils down to whether or not the parent is willing to go to the extra trouble of washing the diapers in order to save money. Even using the laundromat, cloth will still save money over time. An extra $5 a week, I guess? $1.50 a wash, three times a week is less than that, so $4.50? Are they willing or able to make extra trips to the laundromat each week? If they’re working a lot to make ends meet, they might actually not have the time to do that. I just don’t think there is any easy answer.
If you do not have a washer, there is always the sink! Even though I have a washer and dryer, it is sometimes faster for me to take the bit of baking soda and vinager kept at the sink for a quick wash poo nappy. Then of course hang dry. Baking soda and vinegar are the cheapest and most effcient form of laundry detergent around.
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