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Reducing Disposable Diaper Waste: Protocol for a Behavioural Science Workstream
4 September 2024
The Comfort Loop project will apply behavioural science to understand the barriers and enablers behind increasing reusable diaper use and reducing delays in toilet training.
Disposable diapers contribute to the generation of plastic waste globally, with more than 8 million tonnes of diapers ending up in landfills or incinerated each year.
One strategy for reducing this waste while maintaining child and parent health and well-being is to increase reusable diaper use and reduce delays in toilet training.聽
The Comfort Loop project will apply the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation-Behaviour (COM-B) model, and intervention frameworks (Behaviour Change Wheel and BCT Taxonomy) to understand barriers and enablers behind reusable diaper use and reducing delays in toilet training.