Is polyester biodegradable?I ask because I am researching cloth diapers. Some are made with polyester and others are made with cotton. Would a polyester diaper biodegrade in a landfill? (It would get thrown away eventually, after years of use)
Polyester is a petro fabric. While it's great and very useful fabric, it will take many a year to even begin biodedegradtion. Polyester for cloth diapers is used in a few ways: microfiber for soakers, PUL for waterproof fabrics and microfleece or microsuede for wicking layers on the inside of pockets and fitteds. I only use PUL for my diaper products and stay away from microfiber and microfleeces and such. And lately I have been upping my use of wool as a cover. And I prefer Hemp/Cotton blends for my diapers.I use a combo of hemp fitteds, prefolds, contours and all in ones all with hemp as the soaker and never microfiber. I hope that gives you some added advice in your research. Some moms love all the poly fabrics for their dipes, I try to stay away from it.
Try bamboo. Soaks up better and is a renewable resource since bamboo grows incredibly quickly.
go with cotton. i'm not sure about how well poly biodegrades, but as far as soaking up pee, polyester doesn't (at least not well, anyway) 100% cotton is better all around, as far as i'm concerned.
