{"id":116296,"date":"2023-08-24T07:57:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T04:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/disposable-nappies-are-one-of-the-biggest-contributors-to-plastic-waste-but-how-green-are-the-alternatives\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T07:57:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T04:57:12","slug":"disposable-nappies-are-one-of-the-biggest-contributors-to-plastic-waste-but-how-green-are-the-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/disposable-nappies-are-one-of-the-biggest-contributors-to-plastic-waste-but-how-green-are-the-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Disposable nappies are one of the biggest contributors to plastic waste \u2013 but how green are the alternatives?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116296\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Disposable nappies are ubiquitous, with around 95% of families in developed countries opting to use them, reports the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Convenience is a huge part of the argument in their favour.The market is worth over $60 billion annually. And even as birth rates in some countries decline, a growing ageing population means that the adult nappy market is increasing, predicted to reach $19 billion by 2031.<\/p>\n<p>Another alternative is bio-based or compostable nappies, which avoid the use of plastic. These are also single-use, but have a better environmental profile than a standard single-use nappy. This includes helping to avoid freshwater and marine pollution, for example. But these bio-based alternatives do come in tandem with higher agricultural land use and water depletion, the UNEP report notes. They also often contain plastic elements, such as the tabs to close them.<\/p>\n<p>One innovator in this space is gDiapers, which won a challenge from the Global Plastic Innovation Network, convened by World Economic Forum\u2019s UpLink and the Global Plastic Action Partnership. The company uses only materials which are compostable, along with a \u2018collects and exchanges\u2019 function. This ensures no nappies go to waste. Once collected they are converted to a nutrient-rich compost.Meanwhile Ubuni, another Uplink organization, is also innovating by creating bio-textile nappies from agricultural waste. After use, the nappies are also composted, helping create a circular economy.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/europeansting.com\/2023\/08\/23\/disposable-nappies-are-one-of-the-biggest-contributors-to-plastic-waste-but-how-green-are-the-alternatives\/\">European Sting<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/4-385\/\">Disposable nappies are one of the biggest contributors to plastic waste \u2013 but how green are the alternatives?<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[575,6235,761],"class_list":["post-116296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-nappies","tag-plastic-waste"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}