{"id":19169,"date":"2016-01-26T13:06:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T18:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=19169"},"modified":"2016-01-26T13:10:02","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T18:10:02","slug":"avoid-disposable-diaper-waste-with-these-greener-alternatives-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/avoid-disposable-diaper-waste-with-these-greener-alternatives-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Reduce Disposable Diaper Waste With These Greener Alternatives [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disposable diapers are definitely convenient: as the grandfather of a two-year-old, I can&#8217;t get high and mighty on this topic at all. That convenience comes at a price, though: diaper waste has exploded in recent decades. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fix.com\/blog\/green-diaper-guide\/\">Taflin Laylin at Fix.com<\/a>, we tossed 350,000 tons of disposables into landfills. By 2012, we were throwing away ten times as many dirty diapers.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we&#8217;ve seen <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2015\/10\/reclaiming-plastic-and-fiber-from-dirty-diapers-knowaste\/\">some really innovative approaches to recapturing that waste<\/a>, but those\u00a0processes aren&#8217;t yet ready to attack the mountain of disposable diapers at a meaningful level. \u00a0Shifting to commercially-available greener alternatives is the only real option we have right now.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, keep in mind that no method of diapering is 100% green &#8211; all have their pros and cons. The following infographic does a very nice job of laying out diaper alternatives, and their impact on the environment. Take a look, and share your thoughts and experiences. Got an idea for making use of disposable diaper waste? Or an alternative not mentioned here? Tell us about it in the comments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fix.com\/blog\/green-diaper-guide\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fix.com\/assets\/content\/18955\/green-diaper-embed-large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"4164\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fix.com\">Fix.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are disposable diapers really an environmental nightmare? Don&#8217;t other diaper alternatives have downsides? 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