The first UK nappy recycling factory has opened in West Bromwich. It aims to recycle at least some of the three billion nappies we use in Britain every year. The factory which is run by Canadian company Knowaste will recycle around 36,000 tonnes of waste reducing more than 22,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year. It is the first facility of it’s kind in the UK and will also process feminine hygiene and adult incontinence products. The waste will be collected from washrooms, hospitals and nursing facilities, sterilised using state of the art technology and made into new products such as roof tiles and fibre-based construction and commercial tubes. Four more of the facilities are due to be built in the future so it will be interesting to see how effective they are.
