What are disposable diapers made of?
Disposable diapers take wood pulp, superabsorbent polymer, polypropylene, polyethylene and adhesive directly. Trace them back and you pass 27 made things on the way to 9 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 9 raw materials
- Timber through wood pulp
- Water through adhesive
- Rock salt through superabsorbent polymer, caustic soda
- Limestone through wood pulp, quicklime
- Air through wood pulp, hydrogen peroxide
- Crude oil through polypropylene, propylene
- Natural gas through polyethylene, ethylene
- Sulfur through adhesive, acrylic, sulfuric acid
- Coal through adhesive, epoxy, acetone, benzene, toluene
Made along the way: 22 things
Chemicals and fuels 19
Caustic sodaQuicklimeOxygen gasHydrogen peroxideAcrylic acidPropyleneEthyleneParaffin waxHydrogenNaphthaAmmoniaSulfuric acidMethanolPhenolAcetoneChlorineNitric acidBenzeneToluene