Depends to make Japan "self-sufficient" in fuel

[Mike Oxlong]

[SIZE="5"]Adult diapers in Japan turned into fuel[/SIZE]

Can older incontinent people be a source of new energy? Absolutely, says Japanese automation firm Super Faiths. In a society where elder care is a growth industry, the company has developed a series of recycling machines that turn used diapers--a bulk of them the adult variety--into fuel for biomass boilers and stoves.

We've seen machines that recycle office reports into toilet paper. Well, Super Faith's SFD Recycle System machines address the malodorous problem of tons of used diapers from hospitals and nursing homes going into landfills or being incinerated as waste.

The machines automatically shred, dry, and sterilize used disposable diapers and turn them into bacteria-free material for making fuel pellets...

[omae mona]

[SIZE="5"]Adult diapers in Japan turned into fuel[/SIZE]

Can older incontinent people be a source of new energy? Absolutely, says Japanese automation firm Super Faiths. In a society where elder care is a growth industry, the company has developed a series of recycling machines that turn used diapers--a bulk of them the adult variety--into fuel for biomass boilers and stoves.

I'm not sure how well this project is going to work. From what I can tell from several years of riding public buses in Tokyo, most used adult diapers remain in use for extraordinarily long periods of time, based on the stench of urine emanating from the "priority seats". I don't think more than a handful of these diapers actually find their way into the garbage collection system.

[IkemenTommy]

I'm not sure how well this project is going to work.

Depends if they have a day of the week dedicated to picking up diapers only.