Sentences with phrase «produce than disposable diapers»
By comparison, cloth diapers use 20 times less raw materials, 2 times less water and 3 times less energy to produce than disposable diapers.
https://bearbottoms.ca/ Not exact matches
Hershkowitz's data show that disposables use 10 times more resources (measured by weight and including fuels) than cloth diapers and produce 50 times more solid waste.
The invaluable yet lowly diaper was first mass - produced in 1887, a rectangle of oft - soiled, washable cotton fabric unimproved for more than 60 years, until a disposable version appeared.
Deforestation adds more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than the sum total of all cars and trucks on the world's roads... and over 1 billion trees are cut down each year to produce disposable diapers.
@ Rich: It takes more water to produce a disposable diaper than it takes to wash a diaper (people have no idea how much water is used in pulp production and plastics manufacturing!
the ecological cost of producing and transporting disposables, plus chemical exposure and landfilling makes them much less green than cloth diapers that are produced once and reused for years.