Disposable nappies address an issue for parents and create a problem for cities. A nappy is a tidy sandwich of cellulose fibre, plastic sheets and a gel that absorbs fluids, and it is thrown away after one use. Most of it goes to landfill or an incinerator. It is tough to separate the layers and the waste is, to put it mildly, unpleasant to manage.
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