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Japan Coalition Selling World’s 1st Toilet Paper Made from Used Diapers!

Currently available in seven retail locations in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan, the paper is enthusiastically seen as an environmentally friendly alternative for the island nation’s bathrooms.

The project was spearheaded by the city of Shibushi, which along with the neighboring town of Osaki, began recycling disposable diapers last April by separating them from the routine waste streams.

In that first year, the two cities collected 98 tons of diapers and other used hygiene products, all of which are sanitized, bleached, and shredded into a pulp to be mixed with recycled paper at the Poppy Paper Company’s plant in the Fukuoka Prefecture.

“This initiative could help diversify the ways to secure raw materials, especially as used paper supplies are expected to decline with the rise of paperless systems and a shrinking population,” said Satoshi Yoshida from Poppy Paper’s sales department according to Japan’s oldest English-language newspaper, the Mainichi.

Used diapers have a variety of applications. GNN has reported them being used as an additive for concrete in place of sand. The diapers showed increased strength in the end product, and offered a recycled material alternative to sand that was significantly cheaper than other market options.



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