Title: 
Headings: Assessment of the differing environmental impacts between reusable and disposable diapers.
Introduction
 

Resource
 
consumption
 


 
Non-Renewable
 
Resource
 
Consumption
 

b)
 
Water
 
and
 
energy
 
consumption
 

Water
 
and
 
air
 
pollution
 

a)
 
Waste
 
water
 

b)
 
Air
 
pollution
 
and
 
global
 
warming
 


 
larger
 
carbon
 
footprint,
 
but
 
the
 
electricity
 
used
 
to
 
wash
 
reusable
 
diapers
 
cancels
 
out
 
most
 
of
 
the
 
difference.25
 

Solid
 
waste
 
and
 
landfill
 

Another
 
problem
 
is
 
that
 
not
 
only
 
is
 
the
 
diaper
 
product
 
being
 
thrown
 
away,
 
but
 
untreated
 

Conclusion
 

Even
 
other
 
issues
 
must
 
be
 
considered
 
when
 
making
 
decision
 
about
 
type
 
of
 
diaper
 
you
 
are
 
going
  
to
  
use,
  
like
  
impact
  
on
  
health
  
and
  
economic
  
aspect,
 
certainly
  
there
  
are
  
lots
  
of
 


Content: Similarly
 
corporations
 
are
 
seeking
 
to
 
build
 
a
 
“greener”
 
more
 
sustainable
 
image
 
of
 
the
 
way
 
they
 
do
 
business
 
as
 
more
 
people
 
seriously
 
consider
 
more
 
eco-friendly’s
 
ways
 
of
 
living
 
and
 
there
  
is
  
a
  
greater
  
support
  
for
  
more
 
sustainable
  
development. Finally
  
there
  
are
 
the
 
actions
 
of
 
the
 
individual
 
(who
 
is
 
a
 
consumer)
 
to
 
consider. The
  
phrase
  
“Think
  
global,
  
act
  
local"
 
(attributed
 
to
  
Scots
  
town
  
planner
  
and
  
social
  
activist
 
Patrick
 
Geddes
 
in
 
1915)
 
is
 
the
 
best
 
way
 
that
 
people
 
as
 
individuals
 
can
 
help
 
to
 
mitigate
 
the
 
problem. Since
 
humans,
  
in
  
aggregate,
 
are
  
responsible
  
for
  
most
  
of
  
the
 
environmental
 
problems,
 
yet
  
we
  
as
  
individuals
  
are
  
directly
  
responsible
  
only
  
for
  
our
  
own
  
activities,
 
it
  
is
 
important
  
that
  
each
 
person
 
takes
 
responsibility
  
for
 
his
 
or
  
her
 
actions
  
and
 
become
  
aware
 
that
 
the
  
individual
  
(and
  
their
  
family
  
unit)
 
has
 
a
  
significant
  
effect
  
on
  
the
  
natural
 
environment
 
through
 
choices
 
he
 
or
 
she
 
makes. Let’s
 
discuss
 
one
 
simple
 
example
 
that
 
most
 
people
 
encounter
 
in
 
their
 
lives
 
when
 
starting
 
a
 
family: diaper
 
choice
 
-
 
disposable
 
vs.
 
reusable
 
(cloth/fabric). Many
 
scientists,
  
parents
  
and
 
environmentalists
 
have
 
tackled
 
the
  
cloth
  
versus
  
disposable
 
diaper
 
debate. A
 
number
 
of
 
scientific
 
studies
 
have
 
been
 
undertaken
 
(admittedly
 
some
 
are
 
quite
 
biased
 
one
 
way
 
or
 
the
 
other
 
based
 
on
 
the
 
study
 
sponsor),
 
but
 
biases
 
notwithstanding,
 
it
 
is
 
quite
 
clear
 
that
 
both
 
cloth
 
and
 
disposable
 
diapers
 
have
 
environmental
 
effects,
 
such
 
as
 
the
 
consumption
 
of
 
natural
 
resources,
 
energy
 
usage,
 
health
 
issues,
 
air
 
and
 
water
 
pollution
 
and
 
waste
 
disposal. The
 
question
 
is
 
which
 
one
 
of
 
them
 
has
 
the
 
greater
 
environmental
 
cost. A
  
life
  
cycle
  
analysis
  
is
  
the
  
obvious
  
way
  
to
  
discern
  
the
  
true
  
and
  
total
  
environmental
  
and
 
economic
  
cost
  
of
  
each
  
method.