The challenge of how to dispose of municipal waste exists throughout the world. Rising populations and increasing consumer needs and desires are placing great pressures on our natural resources. The most common methods of waste disposal, land filling, incineration or composting, pose many environmental concerns and simply can't handle the massive waste streams that are generated globally.

Each year, for example, every person in the UK generates:

• 441 kilograms of domestic waste
• 840 kilograms of commercial waste

80% of municipal waste goes to landfill.

Up to now, nappies, adult incontinence and feminine hygiene products (AHPS) have been one of the few remaining household items that got straight to landfill or incineration facilitites.

So, why recycle these AHPs?

Because we can!

AHPs do not belong in landfills

• They take 500 years to decompose
• They contain human waste
• We can salvage the raw materials

Recycling nappies, adult incontinence and feminine hygiene products helps meet government directives for landfill diversion.

The time is now for innovative environmental solutions.  The time is now for Knowaste. 

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