Closing the loop on nappies: an Aussie trial – Australia

Closing the loop on nappies: an Aussie trial – Australia

Posted on December 13, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Recycling

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Closing the loop on nappies: an Aussie trial

How the trial worked

The Nappy Loop trial has adopted a B2B model. Solo collected used Huggies nappies from G8 Education’s Welly Road Early Learning Centre in Mount Barker and delivered them to the Peats composting facility for processing. There, the anaerobic digestion process takes place and the plastic components from the nappies are separated from the organic matter and evaluated for future recycled products. In addition, bioenergy captured from the anaerobic digestion process is used to power the Peats composting facility.

fter a five-month trial, The Nappy Loop is exploring the opportunity to scale the program in South Australia and nationally. This includes a partnership with APR Plastics to test the recycling of the recovered plastic from the nappies using pyrolysis, with the aim of having results available in early 2023.

There are a few ‘ifs’ in here