381,382 births in 2010 -- 44, 497 in BC*
The vast majority of these new babies are in disposable diapers. My goal over 3 years was to support 500 new parents to choose cloth diapers over disposable. I made the goal of having these new parents use 6 cloth diapers each day (which means they use 50% cloth in the newborn stage and 80% cloth after 6 months) instead of 6 disposables. Here is the impact:
- 400,00 lbs of waste is kept from our landfills**
- 1 million disposable diapers are not produced/ consumed***
- $240,000 in combined savings to put towards an RESP, organic food, more sustainable baby products**
**Numbers are approximate and based on information published in the Environmental Agency's Science Report SC010018/SR2.
*** Based on approximately $0.25 per disposable diaper NOT purchased because they chose to change a cloth diaper instead.
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