Karen McIntyre, Editor01.05.18
Keeping fewer diapers, or diaper material, out of landfills. This has been the challenge facing the industry since the beginning. As other types of household waste like plastic bottles, paper and glass have made their way to recycling bins, diapers continue, in most cases, to end up in the landfill, representing as much as 5-10% of waste in some countries.
Looking to reduce this percentage, efforts to find a better end-of-life solution for diapers are underway around the world. Procter & Gamble has launched pilot recycling initiatives in Italy and the Netherlands; Unicharm is collecting diapers for recycling in a small city in Japan and Kimberly-Clark has been helping compost diapers in New Zealand.
These efforts are small in scale, for now, but they are blazing a trail for what can be achieved in the future.
“I believe that diaper recycling in a large mass scale, at least in mature economies, will be a reality within the next 10 years, probably years ahead before a man reaches Mars,” says Carlos Richer, foun
Looking to reduce this percentage, efforts to find a better end-of-life solution for diapers are underway around the world. Procter & Gamble has launched pilot recycling initiatives in Italy and the Netherlands; Unicharm is collecting diapers for recycling in a small city in Japan and Kimberly-Clark has been helping compost diapers in New Zealand.
These efforts are small in scale, for now, but they are blazing a trail for what can be achieved in the future.
“I believe that diaper recycling in a large mass scale, at least in mature economies, will be a reality within the next 10 years, probably years ahead before a man reaches Mars,” says Carlos Richer, foun
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