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General Science => General Science => Topic started by: trashydiaperedman on 26/04/2018 03:45:26
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Can a diapered adult whom enters a diaper recycling facility, whom can accept biological wastes inside disposable diapers according to their waste acceptance policies, be recycled in their facilities and converted into some form of biological energy which could be utilized as fuel to generate electrical energy?
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Usually there are laws that prohibit the conversion of adults (in diapers or not) into energy. :P
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Usually there are laws that prohibit the conversion of adults (in diapers or not) into energy. :P
Really? I have yet to see such laws, in the federal statues and the local state-by-state statutes.
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Really? I have yet to see such laws, in the federal statues and the local state-by-state statutes.
Since you are proposing the burning of a human body, this would effectively be governed by cremation laws: http://www.us-funerals.com/funeral-articles/understanding-cremation-laws-and-how-they-affect-arranging-a-cremation.html#.WuFVMcgvzIU (http://www.us-funerals.com/funeral-articles/understanding-cremation-laws-and-how-they-affect-arranging-a-cremation.html#.WuFVMcgvzIU). A diaper recycling facility would presumably not be built to the same standards as a crematorium nor would its employees necessarily be licensed to perform cremation.
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Really? I have yet to see such laws, in the federal statues and the local state-by-state statutes.
Since you are proposing the burning of a human body, this would effectively be governed by cremation laws: . A diaper recycling facility would presumably not be built to the same standards as a crematorium nor would its employees necessarily be licensed to perform cremation.
Yea BUT since a diaper recycling facility is allowed to accept "Biological waste inside disposable diapers" in it's waste acceptance polices, legally speaking, the body would not be classified as a BODY but "biological waste inside a disposable diaper!"
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Really? I have yet to see such laws, in the federal statues and the local state-by-state statutes.
Since you are proposing the burning of a human body, this would effectively be governed by cremation laws: A diaper recycling facility would presumably not be built to the same standards as a crematorium nor would its employees necessarily be licensed to perform cremation.
Furthermore, the egocentricity does nothing to answer the given question
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No.
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No.
Explain why not?
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Because there are laws about how human bodies are to be disposed of, and these laws supercede (override) most other ordinances.
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Because there are laws about how human bodies are to be disposed of, and these laws supercede (override) most other ordinances.
According to THOSE same "Laws", which are very NON specific as to where a body is burned or buried, the laws in Colorado do not specifically state that a body can NOT be recycled! NOTHING in most of the laws state this! LOOK! If the law doesn't state it in specific, within the wording of the law, then what is NOT specifically stated in the wording of the law, applies to what CAN be done!
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Yea BUT since a diaper recycling facility is allowed to accept "Biological waste inside disposable diapers" in it's waste acceptance polices, legally speaking, the body would not be classified as a BODY but "biological waste inside a disposable diaper!"
Do you have a citation for that? Please provide a link to a legal document specifying under what (if any) circumstances a human body would be reclassified as "waste".
Furthermore, the egocentricity does nothing to answer the given question
What egocentricity?
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Setting aside the legal + ethical issues.
The system wouldn't be designed to cope with bones.
Unconventional "burials" are legal.
(at least, I assume they are, given the availability)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/dissolving_the_dead
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That's very interesting @Bored chemist I had not heard about alkaline hydrolysis.
But, if that doesn't float your funeral boat, then you could instead opt to be sonicated into oblivion (once you've been frozen solid):
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-burial-machine-that-will-freeze-your-corpse-vibrate-it-to-dust-and-turn-it-into-soil
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No.
Explain why not?
Why?
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Unfortunately, there is no easy way to recycle single-use diapers. There is no way around it if you want to be a responsible recycler. Diapers cannot go into the recycle bin. Disposable diapers contain many different materials, some recyclable and some not, but all of it is contaminated with human waste.