Diapers Q&A
how long does it take for disposable diapers to decompose?
i'm just trying to get my facts straight in the debate between cloth and disposable diapers.
Public Comments
- If i remember right it can take up to 500 years for a disposable nappy to decompose fully!
- 200-500 years
- Disposable diapers may take hundreds of years to decompose, but they are a God send. When your newborn has 10-15 pee-pee and poopy diapers in one day, you can see the attraction of disposable diapers. Sometimes my daughter has explosive bowel movements and I can't imagine washing a cloth diaper with that mess in it! God bless you if you choose cloth -- it takes a lot of work to go that route.
- 500 years..which mean your poop from when you were a baby is still in the landfills! The chemicals in disposables also can leach into our waters and soil, contaminating our water supply. I use cloth only part time and love it! Every little bit helps the earth. Water and electricity are renewable energy sources, which is what cloth thrives on to be clean. It takes tons of crude oil to produce the diapers you see on the racks at stores. You can try cloth, give it some time, and if you don't like it, then you can turn back to disposables, but I highly encourage you to try cloth! ETA: Cloth is easy to care for. It's not how it was back in our mother's times!
