A 16-pack of branded disposable diapers retails for $13.99 or $0.87 per diaper. A reusable diaper costs $12.00 each. Reusable diapers get 300 washings, bringing the costs to $0.04 per use. Add in an additional $0.07 for laundering and the total cost for each reusable diaper is $0.11. this is $0.76 less than a disposable diaper.

Yearly Hidden costs for Adult Diapers

• 18 billion disposable diapers are used yearly
• 90% of these were filled with feces and urine which leach into ground water
• Disposable diapers use 80,000 lbs of plasitc and 200,000 trees yearly
• An additional $0.10 per dollar is added to get rid of disposables diapers
• Nurses can use up to seven "Chux" at a time raising costs significantly
• Hospital waste disposal averages between $45 and $75 per ton
• American hospitals generate 660 tons of waste each day
• Disposables require ten times the warehouse space as Reusables