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Reduce, reuse, recycle: Nappies and period products edition

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Did you know that disposable nappies account for approximately 400,000 tonnes of waste each year, representing 2-3% of household waste? Period products don't fare much better with one study indicating 200,000 tonnes of waste annually and then there's also adult incontinence products - we’re looking at 3 billion waste products annually for that. These are staggering numbers and ones we just aren't aware of. In this episode we speak to Elze Porte and Ayse Allison who are working to reduce waste with absorbent hygiene products - that's things like nappies, period products and adult incontinence products. Hear how they're working with manufacturers, users and waste management systems to make sure we’re not adding to the landfill. Date of episode recording: 2024-07-18T00:00:00Z Duration: 00:25:29 Language of episode: English Presenter:Ferdouse Akhter Guests: Elze Porte; Ayse Allison Producer: Ferdouse Akhter; Shakira Crawford
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Did you know that disposable nappies account for approximately 400,000 tonnes of waste each year, representing 2-3% of household waste? Period products don't fare much better with one study indicating 200,000 tonnes of waste annually and then there's also adult incontinence products - we’re looking at 3 billion waste products annually for that. These are staggering numbers and ones we just aren't aware of. In this episode we speak to Elze Porte and Ayse Allison who are working to reduce waste with absorbent hygiene products - that's things like nappies, period products and adult incontinence products. Hear how they're working with manufacturers, users and waste management systems to make sure we’re not adding to the landfill. Date of episode recording: 2024-07-18T00:00:00Z Duration: 00:25:29 Language of episode: English Presenter:Ferdouse Akhter Guests: Elze Porte; Ayse Allison Producer: Ferdouse Akhter; Shakira Crawford
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