 Breastmilk comes in it's own handy container, no special packaging, no
refrigeration required! Seriously, formula feeding does have an impact on the use of
natural resources (glass, plastic, metal, paper) and also provides waste for landfills.
 While a
single cows milk can undoubtedly supply milk (for formulas) for several nursing infants,
with ~80 million infants being born each year on the earth and many of these infants using
formula, there must be a herd of hundreds of thousands of cows doing nothing but providing
milk for the formula industry. Each of these cows take land, water and other
resources to raise.
A wonderful explanation of the ecological value of breastfeeding can be found in a great
article by Dia L. Michels. Mother
Nature Loves Breastmilk.
 A good comic primer to breastfeeding in general and ecology in
specific comes to us from the World Alliance for
Breastfeeding Action (WABA), enjoy.
(click the image to go to the comic)
If anyone is aware of supported statistics on the ecological impact of formula feeding,
please drop us a note at feedback@breastfeeding.com.
Thanks!
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