Compostable nappy trial success in NSW garners global attention | ABC News

Описание: An innovative trial on the NSW far south coast may have succeeded in finding a solution to one of the world's biggest waste problems — nappies.
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The Bega Valley Shire Council undertook a trial in 2019 which provided 50 local families with compostable nappies to use instead of disposable ones.

After use, the nappies were processed in the local Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) facility and turned into compost rather than ending up in landfill.

The council's waste coordinator Joley Vidau said the trial had now been deemed a success, which could lead to change across NSW and around the world.

"It definitely was a game changer," she said.

"There were so many people who were asking the question [about whether nappies could be composted] and no-one could crack it."

The NSW Environment Protection Authority has granted the results of the trial conditional approval, a state-wide first.

It allows the Bega Valley Shire Council to use compostable products such as nappies in their commercial composting facility, however, due to the site reaching capacity, it's likely to take a number of years until it could happen locally.

The trial's success doesn't just have local implications, it's also garnered the attention of councils and manufacturers around the world.

"A lot of the work we've done with our trial has been shared with other countries," Ms Vidau said.

"So, they're doing a trial similar to this in Indonesia off the back of our trial."

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