Dirty diapers born again in Japan recycling breakthrough

SHIBUSHI, Japan — Billions of dirty diapers end up buried or burned every year in Japan  — more from seniors than babies — but a recycling breakthrough has given them a new lease of life, one hot mess at a time. A pilot project, billed as a world first, reuses the main ingredient in nappies to make new ones, offering hopes to ease bloated landfill sites and respond to a growing need for adult diapers in ageing Japan. “Demand for baby diapers is falling. But a growing number of elderly people wear diapers, and more recently, even pets do too,” Takahisa […]... Keep on reading: Dirty diapers born again in Japan recycling breakthrough

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