The latest thing I am doing is helping dd do cloth diapers with my grandbabies. I ordered the diapers last week and they came today....
I would love to hear what other people are doing to reduce their garbage footprint.
Reducing garbage footprint is only a small part of why I've been encouraging this, though. Did you know diaper rash was very rare before the advent of the super absorbing polymers that wick moisture out of skin too? I didn't but today the pediatrician told dd that the babies' rashes were so mild they aren't even considered rashes. I know what healthy skin looks like, though. I haven't anything to dd because she has already been doing everything that can be done except cloth diapers (yet) or going without diapers. Incidently, the dr recommended going without diapers periodically.
Healthy skin is also only part of my motivation.
In finding the supplies to order, I discovered cloth diapers with old-fashioned plastic pants are the least likely to leak for adults with incontinence, at least according to many websites of the general public talking about that issue. And, evidently, are often the most comfortable if one don't mind thbr bulk.
I liked plastic pants best when my kids were babies. They are still available. Walmart carries the bigger sizes. The smallest size takes some searching, or luck, maybe, but is also still available.
I, and all my siblings, grew up with cloth diapers. When you visited another person's house, you could tell if they had babies as soon as you walked in. That's about all I remember.
Sounds like a good area for someone to invent environmentally friendly diapers that maybe could be composted. Maybe something like a natural liner with those plastic pants you talked about. From what I understand, urine-soaked diapers would be safe to compost, but feces soiled diapers would have to be considered as hazardous waste.
