Raw Sewage is a Public Health Hazard
Not since the Middle Ages has there been so much human waste in our garbage. There is NO safe way to dispose of single-use diapers. Flushing them down the toilet causes clogged sewer lines in the US, and creates unnecessary sludge each year. Most people simply toss these soiled single-use diaper into household, hospital, or roadside garbage. This adds 84 million pounds of raw fecal matter to our environment per year.

Raw sewage is then dumped in landfill sites, breeding viruses and bacteria. As many as 100 viruses can survive in soiled diapers for up to two weeks, including polio viruses excreted by recently-vaccinated babies. According to Environmental Canada, once in landfill sites-which are not designed to handle human waste-single use-diapers threaten the health of sanitary workers, water supplies and our wildlife.

Human Waste: A New Health Concern
An Environmental Protection Agency scientist who studied the potential for disease transmission from human waste in garbage concluded that rodents and vectors do pose a health hazard if human waste is in the garbage. The American Public Health Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics have advised parents that “fecal material and urine should not be allowed to be co-mingled and disposed of as regular trash and thereby contaminate ground water and spread disease.”