The baby’s health is an important consideration for the diaper choice. Many babies cannot wear disposable diapers as the plastic cause’s rashes and perfumes or chemicals contribute to "skin care" and the general airless quality of disposable diapers increases diaper rash and allergies.

One industry study found that rashes increased considerably when the disposable diapers were used. Disposable diapers can cause sores, staph infections and fungal infections in babies resulting in disposables trap heat, increasing bacterial growth. A study in the Journal of Pediatrics found that more than half of the babies wearing disposable diapers had rashes and most of them were severe. Some disposables contain a super-absorbent gel called sodium polyacrylate, which is deadly to pets and causes allergic reactions in people; dioxin has found its way into diapers, as it used to bleach the paper components. Parents who want healthier babies prefer to ditch plastic "high-tech" disposables in favor of safer products.

The organic disposable diapers and covers are made with unbleached wood pulp from sustainable forests. Biodegradable disposables can be composted, saving millions of tons of waste currently going into landfills. The average disposable diaper takes about 500 years to break down in a landfill. With diapers the third largest type of landfill waste, an intelligent government would require all diapers to be made of biodegradable materials.

The difference in the cost of the traditional disposable diapers and the organic, chemical free diapers is about 20-25 in percentage. Using cloth cotton or fleece diapers (which have seen improvements in recent years) puts the solid waste into the municipal sewage disposal systems, where human waste belongs. With 5,000 diapers per child used before potty training, the human waste entering landfills is counted in millions of tons. While sewage systems may not be the ideal, at least there is some waste treatment; that’s not happening in landfills. The cloth diapers that are popular these days have increased in absorbency, and manufacturers have done away with the need for pins.

These diapers are come with Velcro, elastic or straps. These diapers are made of absorbent fabrics, so diaper covers are often a must-have. They are more affordable when the price is compared with the number of disposable diapers needed every day. The Cloth diapers must be emptied, placed in hampers or diaper pails and laundered. Washing cloth diapers takes time, and some daycares refuse to use them. You may start to feel like your whole life consists of changing dirty diapers and cleaning baby’s bottom! But, if you’re a new parent and still have some energy left for environmental conservation, the single most important thing you can do is switch to cloth diapers or biodegradable disposables.

We should be using an environmentally aware, eco-friendly diaper. Diapers are a wonderful gift for the new parents.