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Kid Commando
On diaperless parenting |
Umbra Fisk |
12 Feb 2004 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I have a baby on the way. Due to prodding by my wife, I have begun to think about things such as diapers. Babies make a lot of boom-boom, and wrapping it all up in a bundle of plastic diaperness, tossing that in a plastic sack, and then tossing the lot in a landfill seems eco-unfriendly. And reusable diapers are definitely parent-unfriendly, insists my wife. I have seen some all-cotton and paper disposable diapers, but at ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, parenting, solid waste treatment and disposal, waste (all these topics) |
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