Just the Bare Bottom Facts
Did you know...in 1998, 18 billion disposable diapers were being thrown into landfills every year?
Did you know...it can take up to 500 years for a single throw-away diaper to breakdown in a landfull?
Did you know...10 years ago, disposable diapers made up the 3rd largest source of solid waste in our landfills? Only babies use throw-away diapers and yet with the entire population of our nation throwing things away, the thrown away diapers ranked #3 on the list!
Did you know...it was noted in 1998 that 82,000 tons of plastic and 1.3 million tons of wood pulp (1/4 of a million trees) were required to make enough throw away diapers to diaper 90% of the babies born in the U.S.?
The Joy of Cloth Diapers
By Jane McConnell
Issue 88, May/June 1998
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