The Environmental Impact of Disposable Diapers

One baby uses roughly 3,000 disposable diapers each year, and can go through around 8,000 before being potty trained. Not only does this cost a lot of money—around $75 a month, or $900 a year—but it creates numerous negative environmental impacts.To better understand the ways that disposable diapers can harm the environment, Nicki’s Diapers looked at data from a variety of news sources, governmental reports, parenting organizations, blogs, and websites about diapers and the environment.
One baby uses roughly 3,000 disposable diapers each year, and can go through around 8,000 before being potty trained. Not only does this cost a lot of money—around $75 a month, or $900 a year—but it creates numerous negative environmental impacts.To better understand the ways that disposable diapers can harm the environment, Nicki’s Diapers looked at data from a variety of news sources, governmental reports, parenting organizations, blogs, and websites about diapers and the environment.

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