The thing about landfills is, eventually we're going to run out of room to throw away all our trash.
A new Texas startup, however, wants to combat landfill waste with their new product: plastic-eating fungi baby diapers.
It's exactly what you think it sounds like.
According to the Dallas Morning News, each of Hiro Technologies' "MycoDigestible Diapers" comes with a packet of fungi which is to be added to the dirty diaper before it is thrown in the trash.
After a week or so, the fungi are activated by moisture from feces, urine, and the environment to begin the process of biodegradation.
Diapers take hundreds of years to naturally break down, which means that the very first disposable diaper ever used is still in a landfill somewhere.
Co-founder Miki Agrawal says the company chose to focus on diapers as the top household plastic waste item.
"There is a deleterious lasting effect that we haven't really thought about and considered," she said. "Because when you throw something away, no one's asking themselves, 'Where's away?'"
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