Cloth Diapering Infographic
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Ah, cloth diapers. The stuff that dreams are made of. Not only do babies appreciate them more because of the comfort that cloth provides, but parents like them because of the cash they save by reusing the same diaper. So, considering that cloth diapers are superior in every conceivable way, why don’t more people use them?
Probably because they’re lazy. The above infographic shows that Americans dispose of five garbage bags full of diapers every five seconds. But wait, there’s more disturbing stats! If disposable diapers never existed, there would be 16 million more trees on the planet. Think disposable diapers are the devil yet? No? Ok, try this on for size. Disposable diapers are filled with sodium polyacrylate, which was banned from tampons because it was shown to cause toxic shock syndrome.
Alright, but I know what you’re thinking. Disposable diapers eventually decompose, so overtime, no harm, no foul right? Well, as you noticed in the graphic above, disposable diapers take a mere 400 years (on average) to decompose. So, I suppose if you consider 400 years to be a small length of time in the grand scheme of existence, that doesn’t bother you. But for most people, 4 centuries is a fairly long time.
There are really no good arguments to continue using disposable diapers, and the reality is that if its use is never stopped, our planet will just continue to erode.
Infographics Scorecard
Design: A-
The use of pictures in this graphic is superb. They capture your attention from the onset and hold it all the way through.
Content: A-
Key facts are presented in a simple, yet thorough way. The creators of this infographic were attempting to layout a case that plastic diapers should be eradicated. Did they succeed? I think so. Bottom line: this is a top-flight infographic that every infographic artist should try to emulate.
Graphic supplied by: Clothdiapers.org
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Very interesting, creatives with colorful visuals, very simple and self explanatory. Enjoy!
Sorry, this one lost me at its scaremongering over toxic shock syndrome. So it came as no surprise that it should advertise the very thing that will ‘save your baby’ from certain disease.
The truth is that TSS affects only a minute number of menstruating women.
In my opinion, it’s not terribly ethical to prey on the fears of a vulnerable group of people (parents), who only have their child’s best interests at heart.
We cause ourselves more than enough parental guilt; we don’t need that burden further weighed down by the commercial sector.
Not sure I can agree with the Design mark. The stock photos and poor typography killed any desire to read it.
If you’re not scared of TSS in your baby ….you should feel pretty bad about yourself.
It only causes effect in a “minute number” of menstrating women??? What if it were you? OR WORSE YET….Your baby! Hmmm just a little something to think about. I don’t call it fear mongering at all perhaps it more along the lines of the truth…the truth that should by all rights scare the Sh*& out of everyone. Oh, how society has failed us by making us believe that these CONVENIENT technologies such as disposable diapers can do no wrong.
It’s a little F’ed up to believe that these technologies will NOT be the end of us as a fuctional and healthy civilization…