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Every minute, 300,000+ diapers are incinerated or landfilled, equaling 167 billion diapers per year, generating 15% of all harmful methane gas emissions, 20 times more harmful than carbon dioxide, according to Euromonitor 2017. Photo courtesy of iStockphoto/Fevziie Ryman
Every minute, 300,000+ diapers are incinerated or landfilled, equaling 167 billion diapers per year, generating 15% of all harmful methane gas emissions, 20 times more harmful than carbon dioxide, according to Euromonitor 2017. Photo courtesy of iStockphoto/Fevziie Ryman

Every minute, 300,000+ diapers are incinerated or landfilled, equaling 167 billion diapers per year, generating 15% of all harmful methane gas emissions, 20 times more harmful than carbon dioxide, according to Euromonitor 2017. Photo courtesy of iStockphoto/Fevziie Ryman