Life Cycle Assessment of the Closed-Loop Recycling of Used Disposable Diapers

In Japan, approximately 23.5 billion paper diapers are produced annually (total of diapers for infants and adults produced in 2018). The majority of used paper diapers are disposed of through incineration; in certain regions, some paper diapers are recycled, mostly by open-loop recycling or thermal...

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Main Authors: Norihiro Itsubo, Mitsuhiro Wada, Shigeo Imai, Akira Myoga, Naoki Makino, Koichi Shobatake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Resources
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/9/3/34