Landfills/Dumps

[MWB]

I wonder what is the thing that most fills landfiils/dumps?

I reckon it might be disposable nappies.

[Octavius]

In terms of municipal waste (household, schools, Local Authority collection/sweeping etc) you might be right, but approximately in terms of landfill�.

60% Agricultural, construction & demolition waste, Industrial waste
27% Commercial waste
13% Household waste

About 75% of all our household waste goes to landfill, although some councils have this at 35-59%. The rest is recycled, composted or burnt. LA�s are targeted with reducing this 75% by 75% by the year 2010.

Disposable nappies currently account for around 4% of all household waste (around 8 million per day), a percentage which is likely to increase as recycling rates for other waste streams go up. Real nappies are the only alternative to disposable nappies when it comes to waste reduction. The vast majority of disposable nappies will end up in landfill, where it will take approximately 500 years for them to decompose.

[WaldoMcFroog]

...however, there is a counter issue with real nappies, which is the chemicals in which they have to soak to get the cack out of 'em are pretty evil and they generally get poured into the water system, so it's not a simple 'one way is clearly best' issue, sadly.