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Nappies

Cannot be recycled and should be placed in your general waste.

Disposable nappies cannot be recycled and should be placed in your household waste.

Note: Disposable nappies are not biodegradable and may take 300 - 500 years to break down in landfill sites. They make up around 4% of the total waste that goes in landfill sites, around 8 million nappies a day.

Tip: Consider using real nappies as an alternative. For more information on this, type "real nappies UK" into your search engine.

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