The Bay Area Generates
30 Full Barges of Garbage
from Disposable Diapers
Every Year!
Weight: 179,928,073 lbs.
Diapers: 575,769,834
4,498 Tractor Trailers
Full of Disposable Diapers
That’s 2.5 barges each month! |
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California Generates
Enough Garbage from Disposable Diapers
to Fill 174 Barges Every Year!
Weight: 1,044,639,855 lbs
Diapers: 3,342,847,536
26,116 Tractor Trailers
Full of Disposable Diapers
That’s 14.5barges each month
or about 1 every other day! |
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If all the Waste Generated from
Used Disposable Diapers in the
United States were put on Barges
(Each Holding 3,000 Tons),
There would be over 1,352 Full
Barges of Garbage every Year!
That’s 26 barges each WEEK!
Weight: over 8 BILLION POUNDS
Nearly 26 Billion Diapers
202,944 Tractor Trailers
Full of Disposable Diapers
Disposable Diapers are the third largest consumer product in landfills, only behind newspapers and bottles.
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