Recycling plant puts dirty nappies to good use

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Midlands plant to convert nappies and sanitary products into roof tiles, saving 22,000 tonnes of CO2 a year

It is clearly an idea not to be sniffed at. Today marks the opening of the UK's first facility to tackle the half-million tonnes of waste created by used nappies every year. The recycling plant in...

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