Netherlands | There still is a future for nappy - or diaper - recycling in the Netherlands. Following the collapse last October of the Knowaste operation in Arnhem which specialised in the recycling of nappies and incontinence products, a group of Dutch waste management advisory and consultancy agencies - including Royal Haskoning, Synthese and the EMT knowledge cluster - has succeeded in finding an investor who is prepared to support the project. The question of what to do with nappies and incontinence products has sparked a great deal of controversy among local authorities, children's day nurseries and care centres. The group believes that there is now a strong business platform for the recycling operation in Arnhem.
Canada’s Knowaste LLC has established diaper recycling programmes in the EU, Asia and North America. Its Netherlands facility had been operating since 1999 and was capable of processing 100 000 tonnes of diapers per year.
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