RT Journal Article
T1 End-of-life management of single-use baby diapers: Analysis of technical, health and environment aspects: 												Analysis of technical, health and environment aspects
A1 Płotka-Wasylka, Justyna
A1 Makoś-Chełstowska, Patrycja
A1 Kurowska-Susdorf, Aleksandra
A1 Treviño, María José Santoyo
A1 Guzmán, Sergio Zarazúa
A1 Mostafa, Heba
A1 Cordella, Mauro
AB Single-use baby diapers belongs to an important group of products used in the parenting journey because of their high performance and convenience. Single-use baby diapers are normally thrown away after one-time use, resulting in a waste management problem. The goal of this paper was to better understand main environmental concerns of different types of diapers and address how to reduce them, with a special consideration of waste management strategies and user behaviour practices. Furthermore, health and environmental hazards potentially associated with materials included in diapers, or substances formed from diapers during the waste treatment stage, are also analysed (e.g., phthalates, pesticides, dioxins, pesticides). Three main types of baby diapers have been analysed: single-use baby diapers, reusable baby diapers, and biodegradable single-use diapers. Each type of diaper comes with technical characteristics and environmental concerns and challenges, which are discussed in this paper to support the development of measures for the safe(r) and sustainable design, use and end of life management of baby diapers.
SN 0048-9697
YR 2022
FD 2022-08-25
LA eng
NO Płotka-Wasylka , J , Makoś-Chełstowska , P , Kurowska-Susdorf , A , Treviño , M J S , Guzmán , S Z , Mostafa , H & Cordella , M 2022 , ' End-of-life management of single-use baby diapers: Analysis of technical, health and environment aspects : Analysis of technical, health and environment aspects ' , Science of the Total Environment , vol. 836 , 155339 , pp. 155339 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155339
NO Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors
DS TECNALIA Publications
RD 1 jul 2024