In 2024, Wales used fibres recovered from about 80,000 used nappies to resurface a road, diverting four tonnes of waste from landfill at no extra material cost
The project is a brilliant example of the circular economy in action; used diapers are not treated as waste to be sent to landfill, but are instead recovered for their materials and given a new lease of life. What if the disposable diaper changed a baby’s day, and then went on to help build the…
