I just found this info that could be provided to any centre concerned about being "Green":

*It takes one full cup of crude oil to make the plastic for each “disposable” nappy.

*It takes 4.5 trees to make the pulp used in “disposable” nappies for one baby over 2 1/2 years (ie: 7 million trees a year are felled for UK babies, 1.3 million trees for NZ babies)

*”Disposable” nappies use 3.5 times more energy, 8 times more non-renewable raw materials, 90 times more renewable materials than washable nappies.

*It takes as much energy to produce one throwaway nappy as it does to wash a cloth nappy 200 times.

*”Disposables” produce 2.3 times more waste water (at the production stage) and 60 times more solid waste than washable nappies – one baby in disposables will produce 2 tonnes of solid waste! (my note: I think this include the packaging of disposables as well).

*In a household with one baby, “disposables” will make up 50% of total household waste. Just one single item, “disposables”, make up 6% of total waste in Wellington

(from zerowaste site).