TAKOMA PARK, MD - APRIL 23: As part of The Great Cloth Diaper Change, DC Metropolitan area cloth diaper enthusiasts set earth friendly World Record on Saturday at Takoma Park Presbytreterian Church in Takoma Park, MD and simultaneously in 400 locations in more than 20 countries around the world. Thousands of parents and babies set a record for the most cloth diapers ever changed simultaneously. In the US and canada nearly 90% of babies are diapered in disposable diapers, meaning 60,000 diapers will enter landfills during the one minute parents changed diapers on April 23. It is estimated to take 250-500 years for disposable diapers to decompose. Right before the change, parents hold up their babies and clean diapers. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)

The Great Cloth Diaper Change

TAKOMA PARK, MD - APRIL 23: As part of The Great Cloth Diaper Change, DC Metropolitan area cloth diaper enthusiasts set earth friendly World Record on Saturday at Takoma Park Presbytreterian Church in Takoma Park, MD and simultaneously in 400 locations in more than 20 countries around the world. Thousands of parents and babies set a record for the most cloth diapers ever changed simultaneously. In the US and canada nearly 90% of babies are diapered in disposable diapers, meaning 60,000 diapers will enter landfills during the one minute parents changed diapers on April 23. It is estimated to take 250-500 years for disposable diapers to decompose. Right before the change, parents hold up their babies and clean diapers. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)

 Sarah L. Voisin / The Washington Post
 

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