Comments BLUESKY235 has made

I own a diaper service and would like to weigh-in

Hello,

I get a weary of this notion that something that is used for an hour or so and then thrown in the trash ,and in Seattle's case taken to Eastern Oregon for final disposal, can be better for the environment than something that is natural and re-usable. The UK study that you site in your article needs to taken with a grain of salt. For instance did you know that the researchers only surveyed 3 households who washed their own diapers? Or that these households used less than efficient laundry equipment and that they washed and dried fleech diapers (which are more difficult to dry)? Furthermore, the study did not compare any professional diaper services. A primary advantage to our model is that we get amazing "Economies of Scale" when processing our diapers, which allows us the most efficient method available for washing and drying diapers. Plus we deliver our diapers in Bio-diesel powered vans and use a minimum of environmentally-friendly cleaning agents!

I was taught as a kid that "Figures don't lie, but liers can figure". Did you know that ALL of the studies done in the United States were funded and reviewed by Proctor & Gamble and the disposable diaper industry? It's very easy to make a study reach any conclusion you want, all you need to do is manipulate the assumptions that you base your study on. It's little wonder that these studies drew the conclusions that they did. Umbra - I would challenge you to do the research necessary to truly make an objective conclusion on this debate. On Umbra on the never-ending diaper ado posted 1 year, 1 month ago 25 Responses