EXECUTIVE SUMMARY With over 1.6 million pounds of non-degradable disposable diapers finding their way into garbage dumps across America, many Americans are turning toward a more environmentally safe diaper for their babies to avoid the continued build-up of non-degradable diapers. Americans spend approximately $2.7 billion dollars per year for disposable diapers, but that number has been shrinking due to the encroachment of cloth diapers and delivery services with an estimated $400 million in sales each year. Needless to …showed first 75 words of 9530 total…

…showed last 75 words of 9530 total…of infant products have topped the $1.6 billion mark. And that excludes clothing and some $12 billion worth of toys. It also doesn't account for the $750 million baby-food market and the $3 billion diaper industry. Altogether, sales have grown close to $17 billion a year. Industry sales breakdowns are shown in figure 3502P1. Sales seem to be linked more to changing needs than to a true boom in population, although baby boomers are reaching their peak childbearing years. But