Scientists are wielding a surprising resource to build houses cheaper and more sustainably: Used, albeit smelly, baby diapers. The team suggests that used diapers can be shredded and cleaned and still ...

NORWELL, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A day care company and a waste management facility in Massachusetts have teamed up to turn dirty diapers into electricity. Diapers are one of the biggest sources of U.S.

HOUSTON – It’s not uncommon to spot trash littered along streets in Houston. From cigarette butts to beer bottles, it’s an ever growing battle in a city that added 140,000 residents last year alone.

After his daughter was born, Alon Cohen couldn’t stop thinking about the number of diapers the family was sending to landfill. In the past, he and his wife had taken out the trash once a week; now it ...

OUTAGAMIE COUNTY (WLUK) -- Dirty diapers are not recyclable. That's the message officials are hoping to instill in Northeast Wisconsin residents. "At the Tri-County Recycling facility, we face a ...

Superabsorbers can be found in diapers as well as in a number of other hygiene and medical products, such as bandages and dressing materials. So far, strong acids have been required to recycle sodium ...