It seems that until recently, the cloth diaper was a mythological symbol of asceticism that should be admired from a safe distance.
But lately something has moved. The reusable diaper became an option for the option, and in some circles an obsession. The trend is getting bigger. Recently, Kfar Saba has completed distributing more than 1,000 cloth diapers to residents in the impressive “Zero City Waste” project.
Prof. Ofira Ayalon, who, as far as is known, does not receive a salary from any diaper manufacturer, believes that we shouldn’t go obsess with cloth diapers. “It may be a kind of cleansing from the conscience,” she says, explaining that there are many studies on “environmental moral licensing,” that is, individual environmental actions, which, in the eyes of the doer, do damage to other areas.
