Sustainable energy recovery from recycling and incineration of waste absorbent hygiene products

Bose, Soutrik; Kumar, Aman; Mishra, Vaibhav; Ranjan, Shubham; Ghosal, Ipsita

doi:10.1109/icsets.2019.8744972

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“…Indiscriminate dumping and poor waste collection, pose adverse environmental and health-related problems (Achankeng et al, 2003;Scarlat et al, 2017;Godfrey et al, 2017). In recent decades, absorbent hygiene products (AHP's) have been accounted as one of the most rapid growing and problematic waste issues (Kashayap et al, 2016;Arena et al, 2016;Bose et al, 2019;Khoo et al, 2019;Perez et al, 2020).…”

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Life cycle and end-of-life waste management of disposable diapers: a mini-review

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Waste management is a crucial priority issue for all countries in this environmentally conscious era. Proper waste management of disposable diapers is one of the issues at the forefront. The unprecedented growth of the world urban population has left many cities grappling with disposable diapers clogging landfills. It is a problematic issue that if not mitigated could overburden existing waste management systems. This mini-review article aims to critically review relevant life cycle assessment studies (LCA) on single-use disposable diapers and the environmental impact incurred at each stage of its life cycle. Different technical and non-technical disposable diaper waste management approaches have been explored in literature, but studies directed towards pyrolysis conversion of disposable diapers post-consumer waste are notably very scarce. The review further examines the potential of pyrolysis as an end-of-life waste management option for disposable diapers. Finally, this study highlights gaps in the literature and recommends the scope for future research.

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confidence: 99%