Japanese manufacturers are accelerating efforts to recycle used adult diapers as the country grapples with a growing waste problem fuelled by its ageing population. The initiative aims to curb ...

Waste from adult diapers is growing by tens of thousands of tons a year in Japan. One town may have a solution: recycle it into fuel pellets. By Motoko Rich and Makiko Inoue HOUKI, Japan — The ...

Faced with a swelling mountain of used adult diapers, Japanese manufacturers are finding new ways to recycle them -- transforming waste into resources to curb incineration and carbon emissions. This ...