Sentences with phrase «disposable diaper material»

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Seventh Generation Free & Clear Diapers receive my highest disposables recommendation due to their ability to contain leaks while still feeling wet, their relative environmental - friendliness (materials and production processes), and their overall construction.

You could cut up disposable diapers or sanitary napkins to fit inside your bra, use a handkerchief or other piece of cotton material, folding it and placing it over your breasts or, if you know how to sew, you can stitch together a few layers of absorbent material into a circular shape, or any other shape that's comfortable for you.

Parents and community members both have an interest in identifying the materials used to make disposable diapers for correct use and safe disposal.

Some disposable diapers are made with a breathable material that allows for air flow to the infant's skin.

Babies may be sensitive to perfumes and other materials in disposable diapers and wipes.

What's really in disposable diapers, and could those materials could harm your baby?

It means that your baby is not exposed to any type of chemicals or harmful materials that is common among disposable diapers.

Unlike cloth diapers, usually made of layers of fabric such as cotton and can be washed and reused multiple times, disposable diapers are made of synthetic materials and are thrown away after one use.

it does use petroleum base materials like most disposable diaper makers do but it uses less (at least 30 % less petroleum).

Furthermore, there are growing health concerns over the synthetic materials that are used in disposable diapers, and the fact that they are in constant contact with your baby's skin.

Technological advances in materials used have taken the disposable diaper to a whole new level.

The absorbent chemicals in disposable diapers mean that less material can hold more liquid, so cloth diapers need more bulk for sufficient absorbency.

In addition, it takes 500 years to decompose a single disposable diaper because it doesn't consist of any biodegradable material.

According to a recent report from the internet, at least 18 billion disposable diapers are being thrown to landfills in the US alone, a waste material that threatens the soil and adds to air pollution.

Remember that Naty only used natural and renewable materials in making this natural disposable diaper.

For those who are not familiar between a fitted cloth diaper and a disposable diaper, they actually look the same but vary in the material used to make... [Read more...] about Top 16 Fitted Cloth Diapers

As for comfort, disposable diapers may win the fight, as the material is designed to wick away moisture from the skin of the baby, leading to a dryer feel and less diaper rash.

«Gigantic businesses that make disposable diapers are much better placed to absorb the costs of using those materials than are families,» Brooks says.

Anyway, just think about the numbers for a minute — your baby will be changed about 6000 times until they're potty trained — that could mean 6000 disposables sitting in a landfill for the next 300 years, or 24 cloth diapers that were washed and had all the waste material sent through the proper sewage system.

Then, in the 20th century, the amazingly rapid development of artificial materials heralded an almost total switch in the West from cloth diapering to disposables.

He writes, «Disposables consume more raw materials and produce more solid waste... but cloth diaper production and use consume more water and energy and produce more... atmospheric emissions and waste water effluent.»

Cloth diapers or even disposables using cellulose materials for absorbency may be better choices in this regard.

While improvements in the absorbent materials used in cloth diaper construction have improved, they are still somewhat bulkier than disposables.

Her seemingly cute report about the advances of disposables, without even a nod about several new alternative products, including biodegradable diapers, only encourages the excessive use of nonrenewable materials.

Though neither Proctor and Gamble nor Kimberly - Clark, the maker of Huggies diapers, responded to requests for information by CBC News, a manufacturing consulting website, The Diaper Industry Source, says most disposable diapers contain sodium polyacrylate, a super-absorbant gelling material.

[21] Many design features of modern cloth diapers have followed directly from innovations initially developed in disposable diapers, such as the use of the hour glass shape, materials to separate moisture from skin and the use of double gussets, or an inner elastic band for better fit and containment of waste material.

From Kimberly Clark's 2005 Annual Report: «Super absorbent materials are important components in disposable diapers, training and youth pants and incontinence care products.

Most disposable diapers provide enough absorbent material to wick away urine, but your baby's diaper might fall short if she urinates a lot during the night.

By comparison, cloth diapers use 20 times less raw materials, 2 times less water and 3 times less energy to produce than disposable diapers.

The raw materials required to keep one baby in disposable diapers for a year include more than 136 kg of wood, 23 kg of petroleum and 9 kg of chlorine.

However, disposable diapers are increasingly being offered in biodegradable and recycled materials.

Disposable pads and tampons are made from many of the same materials used in making disposable diapers — bleached pulp or viscose rayon from tree cellulose, super-absorbent acrylic polymers and gels, and plastic backings (a petroleum product)-- if you're a cloth diaper devotee and realize the hazards and costs of disposable diapers, switching to cloth for yourself might suddenly seem easier!

The synthetic materials, dyes and chemical gels used for absorbency in disposable diapers can be reactive with sensitive skin, increasing the chance of diaper rash.

If you are concerned about the plastic and other materials in disposable diapers, cloth diapers are a much more natural alternative.

The materials are breathable and do not contain superabsorbent gels (sodium polyacrylate) or toxic chemicals such as dioxin that can be found in disposable diapers.

Almost all disposable diapers contain super-absorbents, which are of a plastic material that absorbs moisture very efficiently.

New choices in materials and high tech fabrics are causing an increasing number of parents to reconsider whether disposable diapers are the best choice.

Comfortable - Cotton is a breathable material, and unlike with disposables, the risk of a diaper rash or skin irritation is much lower.

Diapers are made of cloth or synthetic disposable materials.

Her first design of the water proof disposable diaper was made from shower curtain material in which a disposable diaper was inserted.

There is a huge amount of waste associated with disposable diapers both in terms of their production (the water, raw materials, energy, etc. that go in to making them) and where they end up.

For those who are not familiar between a fitted cloth diaper and a disposable diaper, they actually look the same but vary in the material used to make it.

Combine that with the use of synthetic materials like plastic and rubber - its no wonder that according to the Journal of Pediatrics 63 % of babies using disposable diapers develop a diaper rash within the first 8 weeks of life.

Even «green» disposable diaper brands, such as Seventh Generation and Nature Boy and Girl, which contain more biodegradable materials, can sit for years in landfills.

Second, disposable diapers have a lot of materials you might not want around your kid.