2007-05-10 08:07:13 · 8 answers · asked by funbobby 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Ooo good question...
the adverage cloth diapering family uses 5 dozen cloth diapers in their entire diapering lifespan.... but as for the flushables u will use 10,000 per child and perhaps more since the natural biodegretable pads do no hold as much as the adverage diaper..
for cloth u will end up doing a load of wash every 1-3 days each washing (most do and extra pre soak and rinse) will consume anywhere from 12-40 gallons of water (depending on your washer and how much you wash)...
for the flushables u will be using between 0.5-2 gallons of water per diaper (unless u wait untill u have more then one to flush). u use between 8-12 diapers a day so that equals to 4-24 gallons of water a day.
cloth u need to wash with soap (tho some diaper servces do not they wash their diapers 12+ times in extreamly hot water)
you wash diapers in 1/4 the amount of soap u would normally use and you do have the choice as to what soap u do use. the natural biodegradable soaps are incouraged as they are the best for babies and the enviorment...but still others choose to bleach every load so it is up to you how enviormentally friendly you would like to be...
with the flushables no soap is needed!!! major plus.
from growing cotton to producing cloth diapers the water and energy are used but since cloth diaper for the most part are a 1 time buy much recorces are saved in the lond run
flushables use wood pulp and some even cotton and LOTs of water in the processing and manufactoring of them...and then all those recorces are just flushed away
once you buy cloth they're always there...no extra trips out no extra gallons of gas wasted...
flushables will require trips to the store..and the act of shipping these disposable items all over the country requires much more desil compaired to their cloth counter part since sooo many more will be needed
i really don't think flushables save much time either they still require a cover and the extra time to put the flushable in the cover...and the time u save buy not washing them is really about the same time u spend poking and stiring the things in the toilet.
cloth is cheep...the flushable is soo much more expencive and that equals to more time spent working to pay for the things
in the end both are good choices compaired to disposables
2007-05-10 08:54:48 · answer #1 · answered by adriannemae 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably pretty comparable...
They both consume precious water - but they both keep diapers out of landfills
One thing to consider is that it takes TREES to make the flushable diapers. This fact alone probably gives cloth the advantage.
2007-05-10 08:15:12 · answer #2 · answered by Kim B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cloth. Anything reuseable is far more friendly to the environment. It may be biodegradeable but that still takes time and leaves SOMEthign behind.
2007-05-10 08:12:21 · answer #3 · answered by Betsy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cloth mate because the fact that you can reuse it means yu dun have to throw them out so you don't polutle the earth tho i suppose you do have to wash them .. but i suppose you could hand wash them .. eww! but seriously now they have those biodegradable diapers that aren't to bad for the earth
2007-05-10 08:16:32 · answer #4 · answered by scotty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cloth, but don't use bleach, rise with vinegar and air dry.
thank you for being concerned about your family's impact on the earth!
2007-05-10 08:13:19 · answer #5 · answered by parental unit 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cloth. Anything that you don't throw away and wait for it to decompose is better.
2007-05-10 08:10:32 · answer #6 · answered by wizjp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cloth. Just because its flushed doesn't mean it disappears, lol.
2007-05-10 08:17:03 · answer #7 · answered by K B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cloth... they are reusable.
2007-05-10 08:15:41 · answer #8 · answered by fallen.zer0 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋