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Disposable Diaper

Everyday Goods Water Fact Sheet
144
gallons of water per item, global average

One item: one disposable diaper

The same volume as

🥛
2,304
Glass of Water (8 oz)
🍶
1,152
Water Bottle (16 oz)
🪣
28.8
5-Gallon Bucket
🛁
4.00
Bathtub (36 gal)
About this figure Manufacturing one disposable diaper uses about 144 gallons across pulp, plastics and processing. Source: disposable diaper life-cycle assessment. Figures are global-average total water footprints (green, blue and grey water) per item. They are not California-specific and are on a different basis from the crop sheets, which show California irrigation water applied per serving.
Sources

Global-average water footprints per item: Water Footprint Network (Mekonnen and Hoekstra) for cotton, leather and paper goods, applied to typical item mass; item-specific life-cycle assessments for the smartphone, silicon wafer, desktop computer, car, disposable diaper and bottled water, as named on each sheet.

Figures as of September 10, 2026.

How to cite

Everyday Goods Water Fact Sheet: Disposable Diaper. conciseVerbosity, September 10, 2026. https://api.conciseverbosity.com/water-facts/goods/disposable-diaper.html

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Everyday Goods Water Facts • api.conciseverbosity.com • Figures as of September 10, 2026