The Diaper That Never Rots Is the Real Problem?! [Deep Dive

The Diaper That Never Rots Is the Real Problem?! [Deep Dive - Halloween]

Is rotting something to be ashamed of? The answer is the opposite. A rotting pumpkin returns to soil, but a diaper stays in the landfill for 500 years.

A pumpkin rots because it's a feast

A pumpkin rots because microbes eat and break it down. Natural materials are a feast for microbes. Mold targets the pumpkin's sugar and water — covered in three days, its shape gone in a week.

Microbes can never eat a diaper

But microbes can never eat a diaper. Plastic and synthetics can't be digested. Nature barely has enzymes to break plastic chains, and landfills have no air and no light either.

20 billion a year — in the US alone

In the US alone, 20 billion diapers are thrown away every year. They just pile up. A rotting pumpkin returns to soil — nature's recycling. A diaper stays the same for 500 years.

Should the rotting pumpkin be ashamed, or the never-rotting diaper? Tell me in the comments!

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