Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

MADem

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5. I'd say it depends on where you live--if water isn't an issue (drought, for example)

Sat Dec 31, 2011, 04:16 AM

Dec 2011

you might want to get a sprayer attachment for your toilet and toss the turds down the crapper, then spray your cloth diaper and stick it in a disinfectant solution before you wash them.

If water is an issue, there are some people who suggest that disposable diapers (the environmental kind that you can get at some of the more upscale stores like Whole Paycheck) are a better bet.

I read something a while back about people composting the poops and using them in the garden....but I dunno. I just can't wrap my head around that idea, though "night soil" isn't an oddity in Japan...

A couple of links:

http://www.sustainer.org/dhm_archive/index.php?display_article=vn321diapersed

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_green_lantern/2008/03/should_my_baby_wear_huggies.html

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What is the most frugal and environmentally sound way to handle baby poop? [View all] mdmc Dec 2011 OP

Use latex gloves or your hands will stink?.... Little Star Dec 2011 #1

I found soaking cloth diapers in water/nonchlorine bleach for a day really got rid of the poop uppityperson Dec 2011 #2

Cloth diapers are what we always used Starboard Tack Dec 2011 #3

I remember pulling them off the clothesline canoeist52 Dec 2011 #4

I'd say it depends on where you live--if water isn't an issue (drought, for example) MADem Dec 2011 #5

Why was this thread locked before? amyrose2712 Jan 2012 #6