ST. LOUIS – Cotton Babies, a St. Louis-based manufacturer and retailer of cloth diapers, is asking for the community’s help collecting used disposable diapers for a research project. The company is ...

Disposable diapers are one of those things that most greenies love to hate. But they're still a common element in many people's household waste—even many reusable diaper advocates will occasionally ...

WILMINGTON, Del. (WPVI) -- Doctors at Nemours want your dirty diapers. It may seem weird but it's all in the interest of science. Researchers at Nemours/ A.I. duPont Hospital for Children understand ...

Unable to afford the $18 a week it takes to keep a baby in clean disposable diapers, many parents living in poverty have taken to reusing dirty ones. This sad state of affairs led Joanne Goldblum, who ...

Mushrooms could cut disposable diaper waste by 80 percent, researchers say. September 04, 2014— -- Mexican scientists say edible fungus grown in dirty diapers could cut nappy waste by more than ...

This study was funded by the ‘Expanding safe water and waste management service access to off-grid populations in Africa’ project, funded through UKRI Collective award via the Global Challenges ...

It is estimated that disposable diapers can cost up to $100 a month for one baby. On average, a newborn goes through eight to 10 diapers a day, said Melinda Ohlemiller, CEO of Nurses for Newborns.

Scientists are wielding a surprising resource to build houses cheaper and more sustainably: Used, albeit smelly, baby diapers. The team suggests that used diapers can be shredded and cleaned and still ...