[kerbar]

Parent here. That is a common thought amongst new parents - the cost of disposable nappies. However, when you factor in the cost and time of keeping the cloth nappies clean then there may not be much difference at all. I recall reading somewhere (don't have a reference sorry) that cloth nappies are more environmentally damaging than disposables, perhaps due to the additional energy used for washing, or the impact due to detergents.

[hluska]

That's very interesting - thanks so much for sharing your experience with me!! I'll rethink the idea of cloth!! :)

[dror]

Read an article about this a while ago, can't remember exactly where. This is location dependent. In places where there's tons of water cloth is better. Where there's little water, disposables are environmentally better.