K-C sponsors Envirocomp composting

Kimberly-Clark has signed a global sponsorship agreement with OCS giving the Huggies manufacturer first refusal on Envirocomp composting facilities as they are installed around the world.

OCS acquired Envirocomp in February 2011 and plans to establish facilities for composting diapers and other hygienic disposables and nonwovens in the UK, Ireland, Australia and mainland Europe, while expanding operations of its New Zealand facilities over the next 18 months.

Through a similar sponsorship in 2009, Huggies diapers and Envirocomp established the first commercial nappy composting facility in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Within the first year of operation, the facility exceeded its business plan and processed more than 15,000 diapers a day, which were mixed with green waste supplied by the local councils that resulted in compost suitable for commercial gardening or landscaping.