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 ...

NORWELL, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A day care company and a waste management facility in Massachusetts have teamed up to turn dirty diapers into electricity. Diapers are one of the biggest sources of U.S.

HOUSTON – It’s not uncommon to spot trash littered along streets in Houston. From cigarette butts to beer bottles, it’s an ever growing battle in a city that added 140,000 residents last year alone.

Superabsorbers can be found in diapers as well as in a number of other hygiene and medical products, such as bandages and dressing materials. So far, strong acids have been required to recycle sodium ...