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Don’t put nappies in the mixed recycling bin

Your borough needs your help.  An increasing number of London councils have introduced mixed recycling to increase recycling rates.  But a problem has developed.  Some residents are putting single-use nappies in the mixed recycling bins.  True...

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...

Wouldn’t it be nice if …

we could stop the myth that washable nappies are just as bad for the environment as using disposables?We know where this idea came from: in 2005 the Environment Agency (EA) published a nappy life cycle analysis that said so – but the data on washing nappies was...

Remember the waste hierarchy? Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

People can argue all they like about the relative environmental impacts of disposable vs washable nappies and they sure do www.guardian.co.uk but one thing is for certain; disposable nappies create a lot more waste. At Real Nappies for London we know it’s at least one...
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