The Knowaste recycling process has been developed to provide an environmentally friendly and cost effective solution for disposable nappies and/or adult incontinence products, which are currently sent to land fill, thereby contributing heavily to the global environmental waste crisis.

It has the following positive impacts on the environment:

• diversion of untreated human waste from landfills, thereby reducing the contamination of underground water supplies
• 98% of nappy waste is diverted from landfill thereby dramatically reducing landfill gases, the main constituents of which are methane and carbon dioxide, both commonly known as green house gases, which form a surrounding layer around the earth trapping in heat.
• the plastic components and organic residue from the nappies are reused or recycled:
• The plastic is recycled into building products such as plastic wood, roof tiles, sidings and decking
• The organic residue is gasified to create green energy or it can also be used as a thickener for industrial products

The Knowaste recycling process enables local authorities and healthcare and daycare providers to face up to the challenges of ever tougher environmental legislation and increasing costs of sending waste to landfill.

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