Women's Environmental Network (WEN) is a registered charity educating, informing and empowering women and men who care about the environment. It has campaigned to raise awareness of the environmental impacts associated with disposable nappies and to promote the use of washable cloth ('real') nappies to reduce that impact since 1989. WEN developed and established the Real Nappies for London scheme and is running it in partnership with the listed London boroughs and London Community Recycling Network.
WEN also runs a Real Nappy Exchange, which puts buyers and sellers of used real nappies in touch with one another.
www.realnappycampaign.com
Information on real nappies. Go to www.realnappycampaign.com/nappyfinder
to find nation-wide information on suppliers, local authority incentive schemes,
local agents, laundry services, real nappy networks (community groups). Shortly
to be updated.
www.usednappies.co.uk
Auction site for used nappies. The founder says, 'At The Used Nappy Company, we feel strongly
that reselling/reusing washable nappies is doubly eco-friendly; we are keen for nappies to be
reused/recycled and for parents new to cloth to maybe just try them out for a lower cost than
buying brand new.'
www.thenappylady.co.uk
Excellent advice on using real nappies, for people new to real nappies as well as those already using them
in search of a little help.
www.theclothresource.co.uk
Further information on types and
brands of nappies.
