Earth Day 2023: How Cloth Diapers Save the Environment
20,000 tons of non-biodegradable waste that doesn’t exist. 3,300 garbage trucks that weren’t filled. Cloth diapers are truly eco-friendly. How did we come up with these astonishing numbers?
Zero Waste Diapers
Bamboolik has been producing and selling cloth diapers since 2012. To this day, we have sold diapers that would make up for 12,830 Large Diaper Sets - with one of these, you only need to add a few overnight diapers and you’re set from birth to potty. In theory, you don’t have to use a single disposable diaper when you own a Large Diaper Set.
12,830 babies that don’t use disposable diapers. That means 56,195,400 disposable diapers that weren’t used. Let’s spell that out:
| Fifty-Six Million, One Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand, Four Hundred |
How did we arrive at this impressive number? By simple math. On average, a baby needs diapers for 730 days - slightly over the 2 year mark, roughly the onset of potty training. We don’t want to be misleading in the slightest so we ignore the fact that the start of potty training rarely means the end of diapers - it’s usually a more lengthy process.
Most babies need approximately 6 diapers a day, at the very least. Newborns might need more, older toddlers less, but to make things simple, we took 6 as the average number of diapers that are needed every day during the diaper period.
| 👉Read also: Six diapers a day is considered a healthy diaper changing interval. Learn more about that in our article with 5 Tips for a Happy and Healthy Bum. |
All the disposable diapers that are not needed thanks to our cloth diapers:
Number of babies × number of days × diapers needed for a day
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12 830 × 730 × 6 = 56 195 400 56 195 400 of disposable diapers that weren’t used |
Over 20,000 Tons of Non-Biodegradable Waste
We proceed with our calculations to put things into perspective: We weighed a few used diapers (that stayed on their little users for 2–3 hours — the average diaper changing interval). The average weight of a used disposable diaper was 360 grams.
| 56 195 400 × 360 = 20 230 344 000 grams = 20 230 344 kg = 20 230 tons |
Let’s imagine: One garbage truck carries 5–7 tons of waste. Disposable diapers that were NOT used thanks to our cloth diapers, would fill 3,371 garbage trucks to the brim.
We send a big “We Love You” to all our customers who bought our diapers over the years. You have contributed to a significant shift in waste reduction. We don’t care whether you bought a Large Diaper Set or just a few items. Because:
Every. Diaper. Counts.
Bamboolik. For people who care.
| OUR TIP: Cloth diapers don’t save just the environment — they save your money, too! Read our tips on How to Save Money on Diapers here. |