At aged care homes across the country, an unfathomable problem is literally piling up with absorbent, single-use products needed to help residents who struggle with bladder and bowel control.
Aksh Bhola, who manages an Arcare facility at Knox in Melbourne’s east, says the volume of incontinence waste the centre produces is a constant challenge.
“We always have to ask for more collection,” he told AAP. “All the time.”
At Knox, that amounts to 10 tonnes of incontinence waste a year, all of it going to landfill.
The situation is repeated at nursing homes nation-wide with a volume so large it dwarfs the disposable nappy waste stream….