I find it so funny that so many young parents are going ack to cloth diapers. I was thrilled to get rid of cloth diapers and use disposables when my kids were little. The same controversy was around during the 1930's & '40's only about women's sanitary napkins. Many women felt it was wrong to use anything but rags. My kids had fewer sore bottoms when I used disposables then with cloth diapers; I would never recommend cloth diapers to a new Mom.
My big question to all young parents is: How many computers, monitors, cell phones, TVs, ect have you tossed into the trash in the past 5 years? All of those electronic devises are so much worse for the environment than a few diapers. But the younger generation feels the need to use cloth diapers so they don't harm the environment but thinks nothing if replacing electronic gadgets as soon as the next new better thing hits the market.
And you don't seem to understand the impact of washing all those cloth diapers on the environment. I rinsed every diaper in the toilet, flushing more then once, then washed in hot water, with detergent and bleach, then once in hot water and detergent to wash out the bleach, then an extra rinse to make sure any residue is rinsed out. Think about the amount of energy used to heat the water, and then it had to go through a water treatment ect ect. So how much are you saving Mother Earth by using cloth diapers?