METHOD FOR RECYCLING USED ABSORBENT ARTICLE

摘要

The purpose of the invention is to effectively recycle even treated wastewater including waste in a method for recycling absorbent articles (paper diapers etc.) including excrement. Disclosed is a method for recycling used absorbent articles in which at least one type of material constituting the absorbent articles is collected and recycled from the used absorbent articles, the method comprising: an ozone treatment step of treating used absorbent articles with ozone water; an ozone concentration adjustment step of adjusting the ozone concentration of the wastewater from the ozone treatment step to 0.1 ppm by mass or less; and a microbial fuel cell step of introducing the ozone-concentration-adjusted wastewater into a microbial fuel cell, to reduce the TOC concentration in the wastewater and also collect electric power produced by power generation.