What to do with single use diapers

Of course, washing reusable (linnen or cotton) diapers is a bit of a drag. 

There are cleaning services (click for example) for that job but they drive around in vans and use industrial machinery to clean the pieces of cloth. Thereby bypassing the intention for people who rather not use disposable diapers: helping the environment ánd saving money.

So, how 'bout simply burning disposable diapers so they don't end up in a landfill?

Well, you can try:

Firefighter John Bartlett (click) from Florida, USA started thinking: 'Why does almost everything in a house burn to a crisp but do we often find diapers nearly intact?' Turned out it was the absorbent gel in disposable diapers that made them fire resistant. 

This got Stanford scientists (click) to develop a gel that's not only bio degradable but could also help prevent wildfires from spreading.

Maybe, one day we don't have to throw diapers in landfills anymore but donate them to the local fire department. And how about we put them (after leaving them outside for a week or so to let Mother Nature take care of the content our babies produced - in our cavity walls? They could help prevent our homes from burning down, help as a soundproofing system and help lower the utilities bill because we might have to use less gas to heat our homes.

I'm not a scientist so I don't exactly know how (or if) that would work, but wouldn't that be awesome?

It could even work with cat diapers! And yes, that's a thing:

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