Are Disposable Diapers Better for the Environment Than Cloth?

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Are Disposable Diapers better for the Environment than Cloth?
There are current debates as to whether using disposable diapers conforms to principles of environmental protection and the motives of green movements initiatives. Currently, disposable diapers have gained extensive use among families according to Natural Baby Company LLC. (1). The amount of resources required to manufacture disposable diapers is higher than that of cloth diapers. The costs include that of water and energy that are environmental resources. Cloth diapers demand the use of machines to wash that also use energy resources. Disposable diapers contribute to environmental challenges of solid waste pollution compared to cloth diapers. While proponents of disposable diapers attribute their use to a clean environment, critics support continued use of cloth diapers. Cloth diapers, however, are arguably better for the environment than disposable diapers.
From birth to toilet training, babies have the tendency of going through an average of 8,000 diaper changes. According to the environmental practitioners and experts, disposable diaper takes approximately 500 years to decompose in a landfill. Clothes and disposable diapers have extensive implications for the environment. Natural resources are invaluable during the production and manufacturing of diapers. In addition, manufacturing both cloth and disposable diapers requires the substantial amount of water and energy. Disposable diap…