There's a reason more than 90% of American parents choose disposable diapers over cloth. Nothing beats the convenience of disposable diapers. But what about their effect on the environment? Reporter Mark Brush has two little ones at home and decided to take a closer look at the question:

My wife and I didn't hesitate in our decision about diapers. We went with disposables from the start.

(Sound of baby crying)

Raising kids can be hard work. The convenience of disposable diapers was just too much to pass up. But what does that decision mean for the environment? I mean, if I do the math, we've got a three-year-old who's out of diapers. And a one-year-old who's going through three or four a day now. Over the years, we've dumped about 5,480 diapers into a nearby landfill. Five thousand four hundred eighty. Going with disposables can't be good, can it?

Well, as it turns out, the a...
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There's a reason more than 90% of American parents choose disposable diapers over cloth. Nothing beats the convenience of disposable diapers. But what about their effect on the environment? Reporter Mark Brush has two little ones at home and decided to take a closer look at the question.