The first edition of the forum organized by UCIMA and the FICO Foundation registered 450 participants from 20 countries, 35 international speakers and 40 accredited journalists   February 28, 2020 Canadian Packaging       The packaging world responded positively to the call of Packaging Speaks Green, the international forum dedicated to sustainability in the packaging sector, organized by UCIMA and the FICO Foundation. Two days of debates, discussions and proposals on the need to make the packaging industry more sustainable, with 35 speakers from all continents, 450 participants from twenty countries and 40 accredited journalists.   The need for a new production system emerged universally during the forum; a new production system to be included within a wider scope, which includes technology and research oriented towards reusable, recyclable and compostable materials, consumer education and new global policies. A need that can no longer be postponed, also in light of the climate change we are witnessing, as recalled by Tim Letts of the WWF.   The sector is therefore moving towards intelligent, digital and flexible packaging, which meets the needs of consumers more sensitive to green issues; packaging that provides companies that invest in sustainability with a fundamental economic return (at least in the long term), so that they can adopt the new systems.   In the first part of the forum, dedicated to legislation and society, an overview on the consumption situation related to packaging was given by Silvia Zucconi (Market intelligence manager at Nomisma), Nicola De Carne (Retailer client business partner at Nielsen) and Paolo Spranzi (Associate Partner at McKinsey). Nomisma examined the Italian and international markets by carrying out an exclusive survey for the forum, focused on the United States and Germany. “In terms of sustainability – explained Zucconi – Italy boasts an overall better performance than the European average. However, all the countries taken into consideration by the study share certain values such as attention to the green characteristics of the packaging, the attitude not to buy products with too much packaging and the search for packs with reduced dimensions”.   “The greatest challenge is to provide everyone with food by 2050, and we must do it reducing the environmental impact. Poor quality packaging leads to food loss. Plastic packaging guarantees fresh and better quality products, therefore in the coming years we must develop increasingly greener materials. The materials exist so we need to develop innovative food systems starting from the reduction of food loss and increase in efficiency” stated Rosa Rolle, FAO manager.   In the second part of the forum, the floor was given to Retailers and Brand Owners including Giacomo Canali (Packaging Research Manager at Barilla) and Roman Manthey (Global Supply Chain Engineering & Infrastructure Director at Coca-Cola Bottling).   A reduction in the use of packaging materials, the use of recyclable materials and cardboard from responsibly managed forests were the highlights discussed by Canali, who also underlined the importance of consumer education. Manthey added “We strongly believe in the circular economy and our goal is to have 100% recyclable plastic bottles. We are already eliminating all unnecessary or not easily recyclable packaging from our range”.   Coop presented its multi-year “Coop for the environment” project, confirming its commitment to sustainability, in line with its history and values. A testimony to their philosophy that does not consist of sporadic actions based solely on consumer sentiment, but which is based on the implementation of real actions throughout the production chain.   “The challenge for a more sustainable world is open – explained Michele Frascaroli, Technical Director at CRIT – and machinery manufacturers are already fully involved in this challenge. All major players are working to provide increasingly sustainable approaches and solutions. Some are already on the market, others are under study and will be presented in a few years. This is one of the factors that make up a circle of sustainable innovation which, in addition to being connected to the research and development of technology, also concerns corporate sustainability, knowledge of materials, collaboration with the producers of the materials and customer relations”.   The managers of international companies such as Amcor, Novamont, NatureWorks, TerraCycle, Herambiente and Aliplast closed the first edition of Packaging Speaks Green and presented materials, technologies and scenarios to reduce the environmental impact starting from innovative solutions.   “Packaging Speaks Green has proven to be a cornerstone for the green turning point in industrial production, right from this very first edition – declared the president of the FICO Foundation Andrea Segrè. The FICO Foundation deals with sustainability at different levels, from agri-food production to the end-of-life of food and the products that enter our homes: the green packaging issue is strategic and falls within the objectives of the UN Agenda 2030. This is why we look with confidence to a new edition of the Forum, to raise the awareness of manufacturers, retailers, stakeholders and citizens on sustainability”.   Enrico Aureli, president of UCIMA closed the forum and announced “After the success of this first edition, we will repeat the forum on an annual basis. UCIMA will also organise a permanent observatory, on innovative materials and the most suitable technologies to use them, open to the contribution of all public and private players”.   The event was sponsored by some of the top companies in the sector of packaging and packaging machine manufacturers: Coesia, IMA, Marchesini Group, Robopac-Ocme, Sacmi and Tetra Pak. Also supporting the event, alongside these international names, were Herambiente and AliPlast, as well as Ipack-IMA, one of the world’s leading fairs for food/non-food processing and packaging, which will be back in Milan from 4 – 7 May 2021.   Turkish Airlines, the airline that flies to the most countries in the world and leader in business travel, was the Official Airline Partner of Packaging Speaks Green, supporting this B2B event dedicated to sustainability.   The media partners of the Forum were FoodDev Media, Global Retail Brands, Italy Packaging, Pack Media and Pop Economy.   The event was organized under the patronage of the Ministry of the Environment and of Land and Sea Protection

Most things we buy today are wrapped in plastic, shipped in cardboard, and protected by styrofoam, but as more people become concerned about packaging, businesses are stepping in to provide alternatives. Still, some experts don’t think buying greener products will solve the world’s trash problems.  

The Struggle of Eco-Conscious Consumers 

Madelyn Miller has been bringing reusable bags to the grocery store for decades, way before it was cool. Over time, she’s seen an increasing amount of plastic on store shelves. At her home in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, she searches around the refrigerator, “Here we go, my ricotta — I love ricotta cheese,” Miller said, pulling out the plastic tub. But she doesn’t always feel good when she buys ricotta, cottage cheese, or yogurt. “Almost the entire dairy aisle is full of plastic containers,” she said. Miller worries that these plastics are creating a waste stream, much of which can’t be recycled. Plus, they’re made from fossil fuels, so their production contributes to climate change. She does what she can to discourage its use. As she was getting ready for a recent trip to California to visit her grandchildren, she wanted to bring them something, so she bought a membership to the zoo, because she said, it won’t wind up as plastic pollution in the ocean. “I think it’s terrifying,” Miller said. “What we’re giving to our children is a legacy of sea animals. They’re ingesting these plastics, it’s killing them.” But to prepare for her trip, she stacked twenty small plastic containers of cat food on the kitchen counter. She knows it’s more packaging than necessary, but it’s convenient. “For my neighbor who’s coming in to help feed the cats, it makes it easier for her. Plastics make life easier,” she admits.

Movement Toward Greener Packaging

New markets are opening up for environmentally-friendly packaging, as market analysts predict a five year growth of $70 billion for packaging that uses less energy and more recycled materials. For consumers, just Googling “alternative packaging,” brings targeted ads for things like toothpaste tablets sold in a glass jars, liquid soap in a cardboard box, and toilet paper rolls wrapped only in paper. Tom Szaky, CEO of a company called Loop, has been working with big brands like Tide detergent and Häagen-Dazs ice cream to redesign their packaging. “So for example your ice cream container now moves from being coated paper to double-layered stainless steel that is beautiful, reusable and more functional,” he said. People can buy these products at certain stores, in certain markets, or they can order on Loop’s website, and have them delivered in a special tote. Once the products are used up, people put the empty containers back in the tote, to be picked up and returned to Loop. “We clean it and provide it back to these manufacturers who refill them and around they go again,” he explained. Szaky said Loop is providing the convenience people are used to, without the disposability that can harm the environment. “This approach,” he said, “…we think is the silver bullet to get a large number of people to move away from a throw-away single-use lifestyle.” Loop is adding new products to its line every couple of days, according to Szaky. Loop is currently available in Paris, and some northeastern states including Pennsylvania. “I absolutely agree that that is a fabulous idea,” said Sarah Taylor, when she first heard about Loop. She’s a professor of environmental policy at Northwestern University, and author of a recently published book, “Ecopiety: Green Media and the Dilemma of Environmental Virtue.” Its main theme is that we can’t buy our way out of problems like trash and climate change.

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

Taylor says people get obsessed with small decisions. She knows, because she’s always asked about pressing personal choices, like, “So what do I do with my cat litter?” she laughed. “Should I use the plastic bags from the grocery store because I’m using them for my cat litter?” Taylor doesn’t want to be misinterpreted, she supports trying to buy ecologically-sound products. But instead of beating ourselves up about using a few plastic cat food containers, we should focus on the bigger picture. “The climate clock is ticking, it is ticking. So where is our action going to be more effective?” she asked. Taylor’s pushing for a focus on policy changes, like the plastic bag bans in Europe, some Asian countries and US cities. These changes are what she thinks will shift markets toward greener options. “I would say banning single use plastic would then support companies like Loop, or companies that provide these kinds of reusable packaging, so that they don’t have to fight the consumer culture upstream,” Taylor said. “They don’t just have to market to the eco-virtuous.” Because what’s really virtuous, according to Taylor, is pushing companies to make it easier for all consumers to do less damage to the environment.

Parents are putting their babies’ dirty diapers in the mailbox — for the sake of the environment.   Subscription-based baby-care company Dyper, which introduced their biodegrade bamboo diaper in 2018, has partnered with waste-management company TerraCycle to launch ReDyper, a mail-in diaper-composting service for all Dyper customers.   Just store your baby’s soiled Dyper diapers until there’s enough to fill up the provided box — specially designed per the United Nations’ hazmat standards — then download and print a mailing label from their website and ship your crap, so to speak, to TerraCycle. Then, it’s off to various centralized composting facilities across the country.   It may sound like nasty business, but the alternative is much worse, says Dyper president Bruce Miller, who called diaper waste statistics “staggering,” as more than 20 billion diapers fill landfills in the US each year.   “I think this has been the Holy Grail for a lot of disposable diaper companies,” Miller tells The Post. “But no one at this point really has closed the loop” by commercializing the diaper-composting process.   Made primarily from bamboo and free of chlorine, perfumes, phthalates, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and other unsustainable or potentially harmful materials, Dyper’s content manager Taylor Shearer tells The Post their diapers are “already technically compostable” — at least, for the customers who can manage the time- and space-consuming chore, or have access to a local composting facility. Their website also advises homesteaders to avoid composting diapers filled with fecal matter, to prevent the spread of bacteria and other pathogens.   Shearer explains that the new service is aimed at “customers that live in the cities [and] large apartment buildings that don’t have that access,” as well as those who hope to process baby’s poo, too.   Once TerraCycle receives the ReDyper box, the waste is routed to various regional composting operations, though Miller assures it will never be used to fertilize the food on your plate.   “The diapers [go] toward highway infrastructure vegetation,” he says. “If you see wildflowers growing in the median … that’s really where a majority of our composted product goes.”   Dyper’s diaper-delivery subscription starts at $68 per month and promises enough diapers depending on your baby’s size, between 100 and 260 pairs per week. An additional monthly cost of $39 is added for those opting in to ReDyper.   “We believe [the cost is] going to come down dramatically as we get more and more scaled,” Miller says. Still, he thinks their “passionate” customers are eager for it.   When it comes to minimizing human impact on the planet, says Miller, “people just want it to be easy.”

Parents are putting their babies’ dirty diapers in the mailbox — for the sake of the environment.   Subscription-based baby-care company Dyper, which introduced their biodegrade bamboo diaper in 2018, has partnered with waste-management company TerraCycle to launch ReDyper, a mail-in diaper-composting service for all Dyper customers.   Just store your baby’s soiled Dyper diapers until there’s enough to fill up the provided box — specially designed per the United Nations’ hazmat standards — then download and print a mailing label from their website and ship your crap, so to speak, to TerraCycle. Then, it’s off to various centralized composting facilities across the country.   It may sound like nasty business, but the alternative is much worse, says Dyper president Bruce Miller, who called diaper waste statistics “staggering,” as more than 20 billion diapers fill landfills in the US each year.   “I think this has been the Holy Grail for a lot of disposable diaper companies,” Miller tells The Post. “But no one at this point really has closed the loop” by commercializing the diaper-composting process.   Made primarily from bamboo and free of chlorine, perfumes, phthalates, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and other unsustainable or potentially harmful materials, Dyper’s content manager Taylor Shearer tells The Post their diapers are “already technically compostable” — at least, for the customers who can manage the time- and space-consuming chore, or have access to a local composting facility. Their website also advises homesteaders to avoid composting diapers filled with fecal matter, to prevent the spread of bacteria and other pathogens.   Shearer explains that the new service is aimed at “customers that live in the cities [and] large apartment buildings that don’t have that access,” as well as those who hope to process baby’s poo, too.   Once TerraCycle receives the ReDyper box, the waste is routed to various regional composting operations, though Miller assures it will never be used to fertilize the food on your plate.   “The diapers [go] toward highway infrastructure vegetation,” he says. “If you see wildflowers growing in the median … that’s really where a majority of our composted product goes.”   Dyper’s diaper-delivery subscription starts at $68 per month and promises enough diapers depending on your baby’s size, between 100 and 260 pairs per week. An additional monthly cost of $39 is added for those opting in to ReDyper.   “We believe [the cost is] going to come down dramatically as we get more and more scaled,” Miller says. Still, he thinks their “passionate” customers are eager for it.   When it comes to minimizing human impact on the planet, says Miller, “people just want it to be easy.”  

Mom and dad are placing their babies’ filthy diapers in the mailbox — for the sake of the atmosphere.   Subscription-based mostly toddler-care business Dyper, which introduced their biodegrade bamboo diaper in 2018, has partnered with waste-administration business TerraCycle to launch ReDyper, a mail-in diaper-composting provider for all Dyper prospects.   Just shop your baby’s dirty Dyper diapers till there’s adequate to fill up the offered box — specifically created for each the United Nations’ hazmat criteria — then obtain and print a mailing label from their website and ship your crap, so to speak, to TerraCycle. Then, it’s off to a variety of centralized composting facilities across the region.   It might audio like unpleasant company, but the alternative is much worse, says Dyper president Bruce Miller, who termed diaper squander figures “staggering,” as a lot more than 20 billion diapers fill landfills in the US each and every 12 months.   “I believe this has been the Holy Grail for a ton of disposable diaper providers,” Miller tells The Article. “But no 1 at this position really has shut the loop” by commercializing the diaper-composting procedure.   Created principally from bamboo and free of charge of chlorine, perfumes, phthalates, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and other unsustainable or likely dangerous components, Dyper’s content supervisor Taylor Shearer tells The Article their diapers are “already technically compostable” — at the very least, for the shoppers who can regulate the time- and place-consuming chore, or have obtain to a nearby composting facility. Their web-site also advises homesteaders to prevent composting diapers loaded with fecal matter, to prevent the spread of micro organism and other pathogens.   Shearer describes that the new service is aimed at “customers that stay in the towns [and] huge apartment properties that don’t have that accessibility,” as effectively as all those who hope to course of action baby’s poo, also.   Once TerraCycle receives the ReDyper box, the waste is routed to many regional composting functions, although Miller assures it will never ever be made use of to fertilize the food stuff on your plate.   “The diapers [go] toward highway infrastructure vegetation,” he suggests. “If you see wildflowers expanding in the median … which is definitely exactly where a vast majority of our composted product or service goes.”   Dyper’s diaper-shipping subscription begins at $68 for each thirty day period and guarantees adequate diapers relying on your baby’s size, concerning 100 and 260 pairs for every 7 days. An further regular cost of $39 is included for all those opting in to ReDyper.   “We consider [the cost is] going to arrive down considerably as we get extra and extra scaled,” Miller suggests. However, he thinks their “passionate” customers are keen for it.   When it will come to minimizing human impact on the earth, suggests Miller, “people just want it to be effortless.”

据外媒The Verge报道，尿布交付公司Dyper近日表示，将收回使用过的可堆肥尿布，并与废品管理公司TerraCycle合作，在其ReDyper计划中处理堆肥。订阅用户将获得ReDyper危险品运输箱和标签，该包装箱和标签将发送到TerraCycle，然后将其发送到合作伙伴工业堆肥设施。

You don't have to be a parent to know that babies and toddlers go through a lot of diapers until they're successfully potty-trained.   While some parents opt for reusable cloth diapers that need to be washed, many—my family included—rely on single-use, disposable diapers that get tossed into the trash. It adds up to a serious environmental cost. According to the EPA, single-use diapers add 4.2 million tons of waste to landfills annually.   Enter subscription service Dyper to the rescue. Dyper claims its diapers are biodegradable and compostable, sources its materials from responsible sources, and avoids chemicals, prints, or scents to produce its single-use diapers. For many working families and caregivers, the convenience factor of disposable diapers is non-negotiable. Dyper wants to provide the ease of disposable diapers without the environmental cost.   To test out whether these Earth-friendly disposable diapers could keep my toddler dry and happy, my family tried Dyper for almost a month. Here's how it went.     One of the major differences between Dyper and other eco-conscious brands is that these diapers can be composted. The company has step-by-step instructions to walk you through the at-home composting process. And if it's a poopy diaper, forget about it. Per Dyper, wet diapers free of fecal matter are best for composting.   However, composting at home seems like a lot of work for new parents and other caregivers who are pitching in to help. But, recently, the company recently announced a partnership with TerraCycle to launch the ReDyper composting program.   So, how does it work? When you subscribe to Dyper, you can opt-in (or opt-out) of Dyper's composting program. ReDyper subscribers will receive a "specially designed box" to place soiled diapers in. When the box is full, a prepaid mailing label can be downloaded from the Dyper Composting Program page on the TerraCycle website.   This really makes it easy for parents who want to compost diapers but don't have the backyard space or setup to make it happen, but the program is not included with the $68 box of diapers and costs an additional $39 per month. At the time of publication, Dyper is offering free composting with a monthly Dyper subscription. This offer was available at the time of publication, however the promotion is only valid for a limited time.   Additionally, when you buy a box of Dyper's, the company, in turn, uses that money to purchase carbon offsets. You can think of carbon offsets like a trade between a company and the environment. Dyper purchases carbon offsets, which are used to fund environmentally-friendly projects like reforestation efforts.     One thing to know upfront is that Dyper subscriptions cost $68 no matter what size you order or quantity you purchase. Shipping is free, however, tax will be added to the total cost and is calculated based on where you live. Orders can be placed on the Dyper website or using the Dyper app, available for download on iOS and Android devices. The diapers ship within two to three days of placing an order and takes less than a week for the first box to arrive at your door.   So, what size should you order? The company offers five different diaper sizes. The number of diapers included in each box is based on how much your child weighs:  

• Newborn (10 pounds & under): 260 diapers
• Small (6-16 pounds): 220 diapers
• Medium (13-22 pounds): 180 diapers
• Large (20-31 pounds): 140 diapers
• Extra Large (28 pounds and up): 100 diapers

  I ordered the large size for my 22-month-old son. At just 23 pounds, he’s pretty petite and lean for his age. The sizing is pretty accurate, although the diapers’ elastic bands were just ever so loose around his slender thighs. I probably could’ve sized down to the medium and it would’ve fit him fine but I made sure to fasten the diapers on the tightest setting each time to avoid any messes.   The service is set up so that you receive a new box every four weeks but you can control the delivery frequency ranging from every two weeks up to 12 weeks. If you run out of diapers before your next delivery, you take advantage of Dyper’s SOS service, where you can request an emergency delivery to arrive at your front door in as little as four hours.   However, at the time of publication, this service is not available everywhere and can only be used twice per year, per subscription. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time.     The diapers are bamboo-based and are made without chemicals like chlorine, latex, alcohol, perfumes, PVC, lotions, TBT (tributyltin), or phthalates. You've probably heard some of these chemical buzzwords before—but should you be worried about them? Ingredients like phthalates have been linked to asthma, while other studies show that the materials in most of today's disposable diapers are "safe" and "extensively tested.”   But the diaper aisle is full of choices and the decision can be deeply personal for parents and caregivers. However, the appeal of chemical-free and planet-friendly diapers is a growing trend for consumers.   According to Dyper, the diapers are made with perforated viscose from bamboo that is "odor resistant" and "more breathable" than other diaper materials. And then there's the eco-friendly aspect of bamboo—it's sustainable and renewable. Even the clear bags the diapers are packaged in are made with biodegradable materials.   Since Dyper doesn’t use ink to make its diapers, there aren’t any fun and colorful prints to choose from. Selfishly, the prints and designs make diaper time more fun for me and I’d love to see them incorporated into future diapers. But if I’m being real, the way a diaper looks is more for me than my son, anyway.     My experience with Dyper was pretty uneventful—there were no major blowouts and they didn’t cause my son any diaper rash or cause any skin irritations. However, one of the first things I noticed about Dyper was the composure of the diaper itself. It’s much fluffier and fuller than similar diaper options like Pampers Pure and Honest, which are fairly slim and thin yet still absorbent. The diaper is soft to the touch and feels almost like a plush cloth rag.   Dyper claims to use a "micro perforation process" which circulates fresh air through the diapers to combat too much moisture. While they say the diaper absorbs nearly two times as much as traditional big brand diapers, I didn't personally find this to be the case.   Throughout the day, I noticed my son’s diaper filled up pretty quickly and felt bulkier than I would’ve expected—more so than it does when using our go-to brand of diapers from Target’s Cloud Island line.   Working from home, I probably change my son’s diaper more frequently than I probably should, but I felt like I had no choice when using Dyper’s bamboo diapers. While they fit fairly well and looked good, the diapers took on a lot of moisture—and fast. (Just like most other diapers, they are white and have a wetness indicator strip that turns from yellow to blue when the diaper is soiled.)     We went through a box of 140 large-sized diapers in about 20 days. That works out to roughly seven diapers a day, not including the overnight diaper we put on him before bedtime. I’m no math whiz, but the box works out to about $0.50 per diaper. Since I don’t have the time or setup to compost these diapers, they aren’t something I will likely repurchase. While I love the idea of taking part in Dyper's composting program, my bank account is less enthusiastic about spending $107 on diapers each month.   As I mentioned, Target's Cloud Island brand is my go-to for diapers these days. Free of chlorine, latex, lotion, and fragrance, a box of 78 diapers in size 4 only runs me $21.99 before my 5% Target RedCard discount and they’re available for next-day delivery as a part of Target’s Restock program.     It’s hard for me to know whether my kid just urinates a lot or the diapers aren’t as absorbent as I hoped, but the Dyper subscription service is a bit too pricey for my pocketbook based on how quickly my almost 2-year-old went through a box of them. These days, you’ve got more options for eco-friendly and (mostly) chemical-free diapers from companies like Honest and Seventh Generation. Even other brands like Pampers have pulled the trigger on certain ingredients like latex, parabens, PVC, BPA, and other chemicals from its diapers.   However, none of those brands makes a compostable diaper and that’s what sets Dyper apart for the rest. If you’re looking for a diaper that’s better for the environment than most other options—and you’re going to commit to properly composting them in your own backyard or via Dyper's composting program—then Dyper just might be the way to go.

Dyper wants you to send in your poop, or more precisely, your baby’s poop. For those who subscribe to its diaper delivery service, Dyper will take back its compostable diapers once the baby’s done their business and handle the composting in its ReDyper program, a partnership with waste management company TerraCycle.  

Subscribers get ReDyper hazmat shipping boxes and labels that go to TerraCycle, which sends them to a partner industrial composting facility. While it’s not the only diaper delivery service, Dyper says its product is the first compostable diaper ever created. But it’s up to the user to make sure the diapers actually get composted and not sent to a landfill (where they won’t biodegrade) with other garbage.

 

A subscription to Dyper, which delivers between 100 and 260 diapers a week depending on baby’s size, costs $68 per month. ReDyper will cost an additional $39 per month. The company says its diapers are made with viscose fibers from responsibly sourced bamboo that subscribers can self-compost at commercial facilities.

 

Dyper says it purchases carbon offsets on customers’ behalf from Cool Effect for each delivery. Dyper CEO Sergio Radovcic said in an email to The Verge that the company has expansion plans “to limit the further impact of shipping the diapers to and from our composting locations,” adding that “our biggest goal is to divert diapers from being tossed into the landfill.”

Dyper wants you to send in your poop — or more precisely, your baby’s poop. For those who subscribe to its diaper delivery service, Dyper will take back its compostable diapers once the baby’s done their business and handle the composting in its ReDyper program, a partnership with waste management company TerraCycle.  

Subscribers get ReDyper hazmat shipping boxes and labels that go to TerraCycle, which sends them to a partner industrial composting facility. While it’s not the only diaper delivery service, Dyper says its product is the first compostable diaper ever created. But it’s up to the user to make sure the diapers actually get composted and not sent to a landfill (where they won’t biodegrade) with other garbage.

 

A subscription to Dyper — which delivers between 100 and 260 diapers a week depending on baby’s size— costs $68 per month. ReDyper will cost an additional $39 per month. The company says its diapers are made “with viscose fibers from responsibly sourced bamboo” that subscribers can self-compost at commercial facilities.

 

Dyper says it purchases carbon offsets on customers’ behalf from Cool Effect for each delivery. Dyper CEO Sergio Radovcic said in an email to The Verge that the company has expansion plans “to limit the further impact of shipping the diapers to and from our composting locations,” adding that “our biggest goal is to divert diapers from being tossed into the landfill.”

Dyper wants you to send in your poop — or more precisely, your baby’s poop. For those who subscribe to its diaper delivery service, Dyper will take back its compostable diapers once the baby’s done their business and handle the composting in its ReDyper program, a partnership with waste management company TerraCycle.  

Subscribers get ReDyper hazmat shipping boxes and labels that go to TerraCycle, which sends them to a partner industrial composting facility. While it’s not the only diaper delivery service, Dyper says its product is the first compostable diaper ever created. But it’s up to the user to make sure the diapers actually get composted and not sent to a landfill (where they won’t biodegrade) with other garbage.

 

A subscription to Dyper — which delivers between 100 and 260 diapers a week depending on baby’s size— costs $68 per month. ReDyper will cost an additional $39 per month. The company says its diapers are made “with viscose fibers from responsibly sourced bamboo” that subscribers can self-compost at commercial facilities.

 

Dyper says it purchases carbon offsets on customers’ behalf from Cool Effect for each delivery. Dyper CEO Sergio Radovcic said in an email to The Verge that the company has expansion plans “to limit the further impact of shipping the diapers to and from our composting locations,” adding that “our biggest goal is to divert diapers from being tossed into the landfill.”