problems regarding it, due to social, educational and economic
factors which do not allow application of state of the art technologies.
Traditional waste management schemes, still used in many
countries, are focused on confinement and landfilling; this strategy
does not only use valuable land, but creates risk of dissemination
of toxics in the environment. Waste recycling, on the other
hand, promotes recovery of materials that can be used in new
productive cycles, eliminating waste management requirements
and saving natural resources. In Mexico more than 40,000 tons of
wastes are generatedyearly, withahighproportionof organic (38%)
and potentially recyclable materials (40%) (Secretaría de Medio
Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, 2012).
Used disposable diapers are one of the wastes whose composition
and properties prevent straightforward valorization and
recycling. The use of diapers has increased in Mexico in the last