The unrealized promise of circular diapers

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By Elsa WenzelJun 23, 2025, 8:53 am175 pts
Disposable diapers epitomize the excesses of the industrial, linear economy. After one nasty, short life, diapers trap organic matter in layers of plastics and paper pulp for hundreds of years in a landfill. Efforts to change that have barely progressed in four decades, from Procter & Gamble’s groundless…

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