Not exact matches
The advances in cloth
diapering over the last few
years, not only in availability
of handy
diaper services, but also the quality and simple use
of the
diapers themselves, have converted many a disposable
diaper user to «greener» ways.
'' «In El Paso County 85 million
diapers are going in the landfills each
year,» said Kelly Epstein, owner
of Eco-Baby a cloth
diaper service.
«However, Small Change's client base for
diaper cleaning and home - delivery
service has doubled from 13 to 26 since the first
of the
year, said Carmen Barthel, who manages the laundry
services for ABC (Ability Building Center).»
«I bought a dinosaur,» she says
of the existing Kingston
diaper service that she took over three
years ago.
That attitude probably kept
diaper services in business through the lean
years of the last two decades, when a falling birth rate and disposable
diapers seemed to be pushing the
diaper service industry into the museum along with doctors who make house calls.
Our clients usually begin toilet training their babies around 18 months
of age and there are very few clients that remain on the
service after the two
year mark as their baby's have fully graduated from
diapers.
Having said that, at least 95 %
of our new clients stay with the
service for over a
year (most stay with us right until their baby is toilet trained) once they see how easy the
service is and how terrific our
diapers perform.
It's hard to believe but Giving
Diapers, Giving Hope is approaching another milestone - 6
Years of Service!
Unless you're using a
diaper service (which rents out cloth
diapers, washes them, and delivers clean ones to your door for about $ 3,500 a
year), cloth
diapers will save you money — you'll spend about $ 300 during your child's
diaper - wearing
years versus the $ 2,000 you'd spend on disposable baby
diapers for the same amount
of time.
AmazonMom, a free
service on top
of Amazon Prime ($ 99 /
year), will save you 20 % when you subscribe to a frequent
diaper delivery.