Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Alternatives for Waste Management
• Disposable diapers: In 2010, 50,000 tons of wood pulp were used to produce disposable diapers, and almost 4 million diapers were discarded in landfills (EPA, 2011). As listed in Table 1, it takes 450 years to decompose a disposable diaper. • Cell phones: Despite great strides in manufactur-ing, a typical new cellphone consists of 40% metals