I remember that, it was sponsored by Pampers I think ;)I do remember some hoo-ha over how they were quantifying the environmental damage of the landfill though. Never found the answers so assume it was brushed under the carpet
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HappyToast Groat froth,
Mon 31 Mar 2008, 13:52,
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yeahthey were coming up with some random timeframe for nappy decomposition.
Turns out it's about 500 years. Probably 50 times longer than they claimed...
I know there're some nappy recycling trials going on around the world (U.S. I think are doing a few) which is a bloody good idea. If you can get the chavs to drop 'em in the right recycling box that is...
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Mon 31 Mar 2008, 13:57,
archived)
Turns out it's about 500 years. Probably 50 times longer than they claimed...
I know there're some nappy recycling trials going on around the world (U.S. I think are doing a few) which is a bloody good idea. If you can get the chavs to drop 'em in the right recycling box that is...