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RISE Innovation Award

Innovation / RISE Award

3 October 2022

 2 minutes
Disposable nappies are a waste problem that stay in landfill for hundreds of years. Melbourne-based startup DiaperRecycle recycles used diapers into absorbent and flushable cat litter after separating the plastic and fibre in its bid to decrease the climate-changing emissions of diapers from landfills.

Startup that Recycles Diapers into Flushable Cat Litter Wins INDA Innovation Award

And now used diapers from households and institutions will be recycled into litter for your pet cat, and justifiably so it has won the RISE Innovation Award. A texfash.com report.

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