Diaper Recycling Technology

What Diaper Recycling Technology does

Diaper Recycling Technology Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based industrial equipment company, founded in 2013, that designs and manufactures recycling systems for the absorbent hygiene products (AHP) industry. The company's proprietary Airless Processing Technology uses vertical stacking and gravity-based material transport to convert factory waste — primarily QC-rejected diapers and production scrap — back into three pure, reusable raw material streams: pulp, superabsorbent polymer (SAP), and plastic (PE/PP). The technology consumes approximately 1/10th the energy of conventional air-assisted recycling systems, requires 3-55 sqm of floor space (versus 450-600 sqm for incumbents), and achieves up to 87% waste stream value recovery. The product portfolio spans the Gen 7 Equipment Platform — available in ECO Series (0-100 KG/hour) and Professional Series (50-1200 KG/hour) — and the Gen 8 flagship system, complemented by pelletizers, packing technology, and lab testing services.

The company operates a B2B direct enterprise sales model targeting hygiene product manufacturers globally, with 13 regional sales offices spanning Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Revenue is generated through capital equipment sales, installation and commissioning services, and ongoing technical support; customers additionally benefit from resale of recovered raw materials at $500-700 per tonne. Named enterprise customers include Unicharm (flagship G7 deployment at Diana Unicharm Vietnam, 500 KG/hour) and Care Corporation (South Korea). The company has been a subsidiary of the Environmental Technology Singapore group since February 2018, with 16,000,000 SGD paid-up capital, and maintains an engineering/CAD design office in Kiev, Ukraine. Leadership is anchored by founder Martin Scaife (Chairman and CTO), a 17-year Procter & Gamble veteran in diaper production machine design. The company has signaled intent to pursue a public listing on the Singapore Stock Exchange pending regulatory compliance.

Name

Diaper Recycling Technology

Legal name

Diaper Recycling Technology Pte. Ltd.

Website

https://diaperrecycling.technology

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Diaper Recycling Technology is a Singapore-based industrial equipment company that designs proprietary airless recycling systems to convert hygiene factory waste (diapers and AHP) into reusable pulp, SAP, and plastic streams, selling directly to global hygiene manufacturers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Hygiene Waste Recycling Equipment

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Plastic Recycling Equipment & Technology Providers (Sorting, Washing, Extrusion) (EUAIAKAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Rigid Plastics Recycling (HDPE/PP, Injection/Blow Molded) (EUAIAKAF)

Keywords

• Diaper recycling equipment
• Hygiene waste processing
• Absorbent hygiene recycling
• Plastic pelletizing systems
• Airless recycling technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Equipment Sales: Sale of diaper recycling machines (Gen 5, Gen 6, Gen 7, Gen 8 platforms) with processing capacities ranging from 0-50 KG/hour to 1000-1200 KG/hour. Equipment includes inline and central recycling systems, pelletizers, and optional modules.
2. Raw Material Recovery: Customers recover and resell raw materials (pulp, SAP, PE/PP plastic pellets) extracted from diaper waste, generating revenue streams from previously wasted materials.
3. Professional Services: Testing services including lab scale testing (100 diapers/trial), medium scale testing (10 KG/shift), and large scale testing (50 KG/shift). Installation, commissioning, and ongoing technical support services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Diaper Recycling Technology designs, manufactures, and sells modular recycling equipment that converts post-industrial hygiene waste (rejected baby diapers, adult incontinence products, feminine hygiene items, bed pads, and pet pads) into pure reusable streams of pulp, superabsorbent polymer (SAP), and PE/PP plastic. The systems use a patented air-less, vertical stacking process that consumes roughly 1/10th the energy of conventional air-assisted recycling and occupies 3–55 sqm versus 450–600 sqm for incumbents, enabling hygiene manufacturers to recover up to 87% of waste-stream value in-house. The company complements equipment sales with installation, commissioning, lab-scale through large-scale testing services, and ongoing technical support for hygiene factories ranging from 1 to 50 converters.

Product overview

Diaper Recycling Technology is a manufacturing company that develops recycling equipment specifically for the hygiene industry, including baby diapers, adult diapers, feminine hygiene products, and pet pads. The core product portfolio centers on the Gen 7 Equipment Platform—a modular system available in ECO Series (0-100 KG/hour) and Professional Series (50-1200 KG/hour) configurations—alongside the newer Generation 8 flagship system. The technology integrates multiple proprietary process technologies including Airless Processing Technology, Vertical Stacking Technology, Integrated Pre-Opening, Integrated Shredding, Gentle SAP Extraction, Plastic Polishing, and Pulp Scanning. Complementary equipment includes Pelletizers (50-500 KG/hour) for converting plastic into saleable pellets, Packing Technology for material handling, and Lab Test Capability for customer trials. The systems convert hygiene factory waste (pulp, SAP, and plastic) back into pure raw material streams for 1:1 reuse in production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gen 7 Platform — ECO Series (ECO 0/50 and ECO 50/100) Low-capacity modular recycling equipment for small hygiene factories with 1–2 converters, processing 0–100 KG/hour of diaper and AHP waste, starting at 2.56 sqm of footprint. Designed for SMEs with limited floor space and budget.
• Gen 7 Platform — Professional Series (PRO 50/100 through PRO 1000/1200)

Quantifiable outcome

• Energy reduction: 1/10th of conventional air-assisted systems (9.5-16 KW vs 165-225 KW)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered parent company, flagship customer, core and supporting partner.

• Environmental Technology Singapore Groupparent companyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2018In February 2018, Diaper Recycling Technology restructured and became a subsidiary of Environmental Technology Singapore Group with total paid-up capital of 16,000,000 SGD. Environmental Technology Singapore Group is the parent company providing strategic direction and resources.
• Unicharmflagship customerTechnology or Integration · 1 June 2017Unicharm, part of the Unicharm Group in Japan, installed new recycling operations from Diaper Recycling Technology to process factory waste and eliminate landfill. Diana Unicharm (Vietnam) installed Gen 7 systems processing 500 KG/hour per module. Unicharm is described as the biggest multinational corporation moving to the latest generation recycling technology.
• Mobi-AircoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMobi-Air is a related company under the same management, maker of low energy hybrid air filtration platform. Both companies share engineering resources, CAD design offices, and employee ownership programs. Joint CAD design office established in Kiev, Ukraine in 2015.
• ExxonMobilsupporting partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerExxonMobil is listed as a supporting partner in the Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge 2021. Collaboration on polymer resin formulations enabling mixed PE/PP plastic trim waste to achieve selling prices of up to 1000 USD per ton.
• Sembcorpsupporting partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerSembcorp is listed as a supporting partner in the Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge 2021, supporting Diaper Recycling Technology's sustainability initiatives.
• Enterprise Singaporesupporting partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnterprise Singapore is listed as a supporting partner in the Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge 2021, supporting Diaper Recycling Technology's innovation efforts.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Vecoplan: Vecoplan manufactures shredders, grinders, and processing equipment for recycling and waste streams. Comparable as a recycling equipment OEM serving industrial customers with size-reduction and processing technology, though Vecoplan's portfolio is broader in shredding/size reduction versus DRT's gentle separation focus.
• TOMRA Systems: TOMRA is a leading sensor-based sorting and recycling technology provider with a deep portfolio in plastics, paper, and material recovery equipment. Comparable to DRT as a recycling equipment/sorting technology vendor serving industrial customers; the product categories overlap in plastics separation and material purity, though TOMRA is broader and far larger.
• Machinex Technologies: Machinex is a recycling sorting equipment manufacturer offering optical sorters, balers, and MRF systems for plastics, fiber, and packaging recovery. Comparable as a vendor of engineered recycling lines with a focus on material purity, though targeting mixed recyclables and MRFs rather than diaper-only waste streams.
• Bulk Handling Systems (BHS): BHS manufactures recycling and material handling equipment including sorting systems, screens, and separation technology for MRFs and industrial recyclers. Comparable to DRT as a recycling equipment OEM selling engineered process technology into industrial recycling workflows, though focused on commingled recyclables rather than diaper-specific streams.
• Pellenc ST: Pellenc ST produces optical sorting equipment for material recovery facilities and plastics recycling. Comparable to DRT as a specialized equipment maker whose technology materially improves output purity — Pellenc's optical sorters deliver the same 'purity-as-value' positioning that DRT's pulp scanning and plastic polishing deliver on diaper streams.
• Stadler Anlagenbau: Stadler designs and builds sorting and recycling plants for plastics, paper, and packaging waste globally. Comparable as a recycling equipment provider focused on plastics and material recovery at industrial scale, addressing similar end-customers (recyclers and manufacturers seeking closed-loop recovery).

Emerging players

• PureCycle Technologies: PureCycle runs a proprietary process to recycle polypropylene back to virgin-like resin. Comparable as an emerging specialized player monetizing recovered plastic at premium pricing — analogous to DRT's positioning of recycled PE/PP pellets at up to US$1,000/ton — though PureCycle operates plants rather than selling equipment.
• AMP Robotics: AMP Robotics applies AI and computer vision to robotic sorting in recycling facilities. Comparable as an emerging player whose value proposition (vision-based purity and automation) intersects with DRT's 40+ camera pulp scanning module — both demonstrate vision-led purity as a competitive lever in recycling.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Environnement: Veolia operates one of the world's largest waste management and recycling service networks and is a serial acquirer of recycling assets. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose waste services portfolio could swallow or replicate DRT's niche, and which large hygiene MNCs already engage on circular-economy programs.
• Suez: Suez provides waste collection, treatment, and recycling services globally with a strong focus on plastics and circular-economy solutions. Comparable as a broad incumbent with the resources to build or acquire diaper-stream recycling capability, and an established counterpart for any large hygiene manufacturer evaluating recycling partnerships.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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