adult diaper

Adult briefs and protective underwear are used by many of the 25 million Americans suffering from incontinence.¹  Our landfills receive 18 billion disposable diapers every year of which disposable diapers account for 1.5% of total municipal solid waste generation in landfills. ^1,2    According to the U.S. National Park Service; Mote Marine Lab, Sarasota, FL it takes 450 years for a disposable diaper to decompose.³   Reducing the use of disposable incontinence undergarments is one step in waste prevention that can help  reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  Excessive greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere upset the natural atmospheric balance resulting in climate change.⁴