Tackling nappy waste: Decontamination and recycling of absorbent hygiene wastes from the healthcare sector

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• calcium 6%
• chemical 4%
• chemical decontamination 14%
• construction industry 9%
• cost 4%
• decontamination 83%
• disinfection 8%
• domestic waste 9%
• fiber 6%
• health care 77%
• health science 11%
• hospital 7%
• hygiene 83%
• industry 10%
• market 5%
• material 10%
• organization 12%
• plastic 6%
• polymer 6%
• product 36%
• project 4%
• public 5%
• pulp 7%
• recycling 57%
• school 7%
• sodium 6%
• sorting 8%
• sustainability 6%
• trial 6%
• valuation 8%
• viability 7%
• waste collection 10%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Calcium 10%
• Construction industry 9%
• Costs 3%
• Decontamination 100%
• Disinfection 13%
• Fibers 6%
• Health 6%
• Industry 8%
• Plastics 6%
• Polyesters 9%
• Polyethylenes 9%
• Polymers 6%
• Polypropylenes 9%
• Product design 9%
• Pulp 10%
• Recovery 6%
• Recycling 73%
• Sodium 9%
• Sorting 9%
• Strength of materials 9%
• Sustainable development 8%
• Waste disposal 10%

Chemical Compounds

• Absorbent 81%
• Calcium(0) 9%
• Fiber 7%
• Hypochlorite 15%
• Industry 9%
• Length 7%
• Poly(propylene) 10%
• Polyester 11%
• Recycling 67%
• Sodium Atom 7%
• Strength 7%
• Volume 7%