However, disposable diapers use valuable natural resources and after one use are thrown into already overflowing landfills. Let's compare disposable diapers with cloth diapers. The rates of diaper rash from both kinds of diapers are about the same. Disposable diapers don't require diaper pins. But you don't need diaper pins for cloth diapers either if you buy diaper covers with Velcro straps.
Disposable diapers are very convenient.
They make it easier to travel with a baby and they help day care centers be more efficient. Also, super absorbent disposable diapers do not leak. The average cost of disposable diapers is about 20 cents a diaper. Cloth diapers from a diaper service cost about 12 cents a diaper. If you wash your own diapers the cost is about 3 cents a diaper after the initial purchase.