Commentary - (2022) Volume 7, Issue 12
Received: 02-Dec-2022, Manuscript No. arwm-23-86586;
Editor assigned: 05-Dec-2022, Pre QC No. P-86586;
Reviewed: 16-Dec-2022, QC No. Q-86586;
Revised: 21-Dec-2022, Manuscript No. R-86586;
Published:
28-Dec-2022
, DOI: 10.37421/2475-7675.2022.7.262
Citation: Bellaby, Paul. “Recycling of Disposable Diapers.” Adv
Recycling Waste Manag 7 (2022): 262.
Copyright: © 2022 Bellaby P. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Growing populations and changing consumption patterns are major contributors to the enhanced era of excessive amounts of municipal strong garbage. A backlog in trash handling has resulted from the expanding waste portions. In addition, the growth of waste management, particularly in developing nations, is hampered by the lack of reliable information regarding the characteristics of municipal strong waste. Disposable diaper use has increased over the past several years in South Africa and other expanding worldwide places, which has increased the amount of municipal solid waste dumped in landfills. About 1.1 million tonnes of garbage from disposable diapers are produced annually in South Africa. Disposable diapers first appeared on the market in the late 1950s in both American and European countries; Their development has also improved for the African markets. Compared to traditional cotton diapers, disposable diapers made for babies are thought to be considerably more convenient and available in terms of their single-use and absorbency properties for parents. There is some case study and limited in-depth study literature that has been completed to assess the effects of waste disposal of disposable diapers. In addition to the detrimental environmental and health implications of disposable diapers, which have been well reported on, the influences also include fabric recovery and financial effects. The authors looked into the effects of composting the natural component of disposable diapers. Their study found no technical issues with the organic method for determining the stability of compost, but the high quantities of zinc inside the compost and the unknowable behaviour of the Super-absorbent Polymers (SAPs) in soil raise worries.
Another study that was completed as a reference looked into the effects of disposable diapers on moms using the approach of recognition businesses in Harare, Zimbabwe. The study's findings support the collection and recycling of disposable diapers as a means of handling their final disposal. In other instances, disposable diaper lifestyles cycle evaluation studies was completed. For instance, a study conducted in reference evaluated the land area, energy consumption, solid waste generation, and water resource depletion associated with the use of disposable, home-washed, and professionally-washed diapers. The findings showed that consumers have a significant impact in reducing diaper-related environmental impacts. The study in question showed that the amount of water required for the production of disposable diapers is estimated to be between 35 and 71 m3, along with energy consumption between 3.1 and 6.3 GJ, the production of between 72 and 90 t of solid waste, and a land use area between 407 and 829 m2.
On the other hand, research has shown that every stage of the life cycle evaluation of diapers needs to be quantified and treated properly. After conducting the study, it was determined and advised that recycling disposable diapers would improve the system's environmental impact. In reference, a number of suggestions for reducing the environmental effects of disposable diapers had been looked into. The study led to the conclusion that effective environmental protection measures depend on the design of the product as well as routine SAP upgrades, which are intended to increase absorbent capacity and improve comfort in disposable diapers. Recycling of disposable diapers has become more popular. For instance, the Fatter Smart diaper recycling facility opened in Italy in 2018 and was one of the first commercial-scale facilities ever built. Additionally, a study in reference points out that countries having disposable diaper recycling facilities include the Netherlands (Knowaste), Japan (Total Care), and the United Kingdom (Knowaste). Therefore, companies have policies in place to reduce environmental influences on the products.
Finally, cutting-edge recent study has demonstrated a shift in technology toward methods for dealing with the waste from disposable diapers that stimulate fabric recovery. For instance, despite being more current technologies with several limitations, biodegradation, pyrolysis, and composting are referred to as more suited. Microwave pyrolysis is an additional viable method for extracting improved pyro-liquid and pyro-char from used diaper waste. Additionally, the viability of pyrolyzing disposable diapers using kinetics to understand their devolatilization patterns as a suitable strategy to obtain essential materials and include the type of waste into the overall economy has also been investigated. Although disposable diapers are thought to pose a health and environmental risk, little is known about their volatilization patterns and how they behave when they are thermo-chemically handled, particularly in improved atmospheric conditions (i.e., excessive temperature and pressure). The purpose of doing a thermo-chemical analysis of disposable diapers is to characterise the negative environmental and health risks associated with improper disposal or landfilling of disposable diapers. Therefore, this study aims to safely dispose of and manage diapers by devolatilizing the outside and indoors fractions of many disposable diapers using qualitative and quantitative methodologies [1-5].
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