[net.kids] Cloth vs. disposable diapers

cjdb@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Charles Blair) (09/10/85)

I guess I am still missing the ecological issues involved here. My wife
and I began using cloth diapers, but found that these shrank, so that,
when our child got bigger, they just weren't big enough. We switched to
disposables (Kleenex Huggies--I don't mind plugging the product). We
have always flushed the "poop" before disposing of the diapers (these
have never been thrown out of car windows or on the beach). So what
kind of ecological danger can this represent, especially in light of
the threats to health posed by industrial and nuclear waste? On a
related issue, how am I supposed to dispose of kitty litter? Do I
toilet-train my cat? (I know this can *sometimes* be done, but how do
the diaper ecologists view this, a related problem?)