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Can someone explain to me the reasoning behind cloth diapers? Last I checked you are basically dealing with a constant mess and smell, plus another load of laundry where you run the washing machine twice. Everyone I know who has used cloth diapers has spent more money and time than using disposables (around 20 cents per diaper), and their reason for doing it was some vague notion of environmentalism/naturalism.


Costs vary, but you're probably at break-even on your first child and saving money on any further children by using cloth nappies.

I'm not sure what's so vague about preventing kilograms of nappies containing plastics and chemicals from being fed to landfill.




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