like portions which act to retain urine and other waste matter the longitudinal dimension of the face sheet 24 is approximately equal to the longitudinal dimension of the back sheet 20 and the face sheet 24 is aligned longitudinally with the back sheet 20 when it is desired to dispose of a soiled diaper in a toilet the top sheet 24 can be peeled away from the back sheet 20 thus permitting solid waste matter to drop into the toilet and permitting the absorbent pad 22 to drop into the toilet while the waterproof back sheet 20 is held in the hand the back sheet 20 is then disposed separately and is not flushed down the toilet a pair of pressure sensitive tape fasteners 48 are provided on one end of back sheet 20 the fasteners 48 each comprise a strip of pressure sensitive tape divided into a first area 50 in which the tape fastener is adhered to back sheet 20 and a second area in which the tape fastener adhesive film is covered by a release tab 52 release tabs 52 can be readily peeled away from the adhesive film after the disposable diaper is applied to an infant thus revealing the adhesive film portion 54 and the tape fasteners 48 can be used to secure the ends of the disposable diaper 15 as shown in.