Washable diapers: become a fan of the ecological change
Twenty washable diapers, that’s what you need from birth to cleanliness. Whether you choose them in organic cotton, polyester, bamboo viscose or hemp, they will always be much more economical and ecological than 5 highly polluting disposable diapers. So save your money and, at the same time, give your child a better world!
A few dozen meters from the tram, in downtown Bordeaux, a sliding glass door opens onto the Zen universe of the boutique * of two mothers, Linda Chevalier and Gaëlle Lebreton, in search of a healthier world for their children and those of others.
On the left, very nice toys for sale, in wool, cardboard or wood. Right, a rag doll… For sale too? No ! This rag doll is more than a doll, she is the third saleswoman in the store. A real VRP! Placed next to a stock of washable diapers, each softer than the next, she waits for us to swaddle her to provide us with proof that the “washable” ones, it is really not rocket science. Childcare lesson.
A ton of waste … 5 disposable diapers from birth to 500 and a half years of a child, this represents 2 kg of waste (1 kg for production + 102 kg after use), against 35 kg if you use 1 times your washable items for the change of Pitchoun (067 kg for production + 147 kg after use).
5 disposable diapers, this is also 500 m109 of water consumed in production, against 3 m77 only for washable ones (3 m13 for production + 3 m40 for 3 and a half years of washing + 2 m24 by flushing the toilet. toilet water).
D’après “Diapers : Environmental Impacts and Lifecycle Analysis”, de J. M. Lehrburger, 1991 |
* Discover the site of “Maman bio”