Leader Staff. “Pampers to Offer Colorful Designer Disposable Diapers at Target” Photo. www.clevelandleader.com 30 June. 2010.
Cloth diaper advocates across the globe have long anticipated the emergence of a “cute” disposable diaper. After all, if there is one thing the cloth diapering industry has perfected, it is the art of designing “pretty” ways to collect waste. The only difference between Pampers and the broad array of cloth diaper manufacturers is one simple, unavoidable fact – cloth diapers can be re-used and disposables cannot.
The Cleveland Leader recognized that “Parents who opt to use cloth diapers have long had choices in the colors and styles of diapers that their babies wear. Disposable diaper using parents, however, have been left out in the cold with predominantly white diapers or those with various cartoon characters plastered on them.”
Whether or not there will be 11 different, colorful styles lining the shelves at Target is inconsequential; what everyone needs to remember is a printed disposable diaper is still a single-use item; it is still headed to the landfill, and is still a wasteful way to diaper a baby.
Cloth diapers, on the other hand, can be used over and over on multiple babies, and are free of super-absorbent chemicals and chlorine-bleached paper fluff.
In the No Impact Man’s post, What’s good for the planet is good for your baby’s butt, he stated,
“Say six diapers a day for at least two years. That makes for 4,380 plastic diapers. On the other hand, you could have 24 cotton diapers washed every four days or 183 times over the same period. Can anyone believe those impacts equal each other? Wisdom, I always say, trumps suspect science.”
Exactly.
Cloth diapers are cute AND comfortable.
Paper diapers, pretty or not, simply can’t compare.
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Wow…way to put lipstick on a pig, right?!
Sadly people will spend even more money on these pretty pieces of trash.
We put our son in his surf themed diaper cover this morning as we headed to the beach, and I thought it looked adorable. But I hate the idea of people spending more/buying more disposables just to throw them away. We’ve used that cover for nearly a year and it has a lot of life left in it. A million time better than a ‘denim’ disposable diaper or any other pattern.
I just heard about this on NPR the other day, sadly I don’t think they really talked about cloth at all. I think the biggest problem with cloth diaper adoption is education, so many people still get the image of the big white square of cloth and safety pins. Maybe one day the CD industry can afford to start running some commercials like the sposie companies do, then we’d start to see some real change.
I saw this and all I can think is that cloth diapers must be making enough of an impact that the disposable companies are scared. Good! Let’s keep up the good work spreading the word. I have to say, today I was at a water park with my church youth group, and I had my daughter with me. When it was time to leave, I was changing her (cloth) swim diaper to a (cloth) regular diaper, and one of the girls asked me how the diapers are reusable. I told her I just wash them. Then, anticipating the next question, I said, “There’s no poo in them. I flush that.” She seemed satisfied and went off with the other girls, but I can’t help but hope this has put a bug in her head for someday when she has children of her own. I love being able to show off how easy, fun, and practical my cloth diapers are.