Japan recycling breakthrough turns used diapers into reusable material
A newly developed recycling process is tackling Japan’s huge volume of used diapers — a burden driven more by elderly care than infant use — and giving them a second life.
Billions of used diapers in Japan are buried or burned each year, with more coming from seniors than from babies. A recent recycling breakthrough now enables those diapers to be processed and repurposed, offering a potential solution to the growing waste problem.