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Rosetta thinking needed

Wow!  It took 10 years for Rosetta to reach  the comet from planet Earth.  TEN YEARS!  So this project was being planned years ahead.  This is the kind of thinking needed in the waste sector to move us towards a Zero Waste...

London spends £20 million on nappy waste …

On any one day there are about 335k babies and toddlers in London wearing an average of 5 disposable nappies per day.  That means over 1.5 million nappies are thrown away in London every day.  We estimate Londoners spend approximately £20 million per...

Prevention of nappy waste is best

Thanks to everyone who came to the real nappy flashmob today. We are parents who have discovered reusable nappies and love them. We are saying to other parents “try zero waste nappies, you may find you love them too”.We held the event because today the...

Landfilling disposable nappies is environmental vandalism

it’s also big business, according to Hilary Vick, Real Nappies for London Project ManagerBarbican Conference Centre, London, November 2009 I arrive late at the Zero Waste conference, organised by the Resource Recovery Forum. The coffee break is in full-swing. I...

My washable nappy journey – Guest Post

Helen, mum to William aged 8 monthsOver the next five days of Real Nappy Week I’ll be writing a series of blog posts to try and give an insight about my journey with real nappies so far. I’m very happy to try and answer questions that anyone may have, but I’m learning...

Climate Week: 5 things

you can do to help reduce the environmental impacts of nappiesInvestigate Elimination Communication – fewer nappies is the most environmentally friendly optionUse cloth nappies – washing nappies can have up to 40% lower climate change impacts than disposables if you...
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