This year Real Nappy Week is being held between 16th and 22nd April 2012. Details of events: Friday 20th April, 11-3pm – Lewisham Town Centre Information Stand. Come along to find out more and get your free £25 voucher with proof of residency and pregnancy/baby’s birth certificate Saturday 21st April, 2-6pm – Leemore Central Community [...]
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The event on Saturday the 19th of November was the second and a great success! 15 Mums and Dads and Mums and Dads to be came along to Leemore Central Community Hub in the sunshine to swap nappies and clothing and to buy new supplies from a nappy agent. Everyone found something they needed!! We [...]
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By the time a baby is potty trained they could have worn 4000 – 6000 nappies. Using real, washable nappies rather than disposables can save hundreds of pounds and reduce the amount of rubbish going into your refuse bin. 8 million disposable nappies are thrown away every day in the UK, on top of this the [...]
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Yesterday Lewisham’s recycling rate was cited on the Guardian Environment Blog so I thought it would be appropriate to provide a response on our own blog (which was also mentioned). The first issue that needs raising is that the blog posting appears to favour incineration as a means of waste disposal, referencing Germany as an [...]
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We’ve recently had a bit of shuffling around of the blog by getting rid of some redundant pages and sticking in a couple that might be useful. One of the pages focuses on REDUCE (there is a REUSE one coming shortly to complete the set) This was prompted by the European week for waste reduction which was [...]
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By the time a baby is potty trained they could have worn 4000 – 6000 nappies. Using real, washable nappies rather than disposables can save hundreds of pounds and reduce the amount of rubbish going into your refuse bin. 8 million disposable nappies are thrown away every day in the UK, on top of this [...]
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