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From: stevev@tekchips.UUCP (Steve Vegdahl)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Cloth diapers  - side issue
Message-ID: <138@tekchips.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 25-Aug-85 17:44:40 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 25 17:44:40 1985
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> > It's irritating to go to the beach and find myself swimming
> > past a disposable, or find one in my front yard, delivered airmail  by
> > a passing car.

> I agree but your attacking symptoms, not the problem.  Most states have
> anti-littering laws.

Aside from littering, disposable diapers are becoming a non-trivial
ecological problem.  According to our local paper, one sixth of 
residential garbage (by volume) is disposable diapers.  There is talk
about putting a surcharge on disposable diapers in Oregon.  I'm not sure
I understand the logic of this, as we already pay to have our garbage
picked up.  If using disposable dipes causes us to need two cans instead
of one, our garbage bill will increase.

		Steve Vegdahl
		Computer Research Lab.
		Tektronix, Inc.
		Beaverton, Oregon