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Herefordshire Council and Worcestershire County Council are celebrating a year of the Real Nappy Incentive Scheme with a special fashion show next week.
A range of the latest real nappy designs will be on display at Worcester Guildhall on Wednesday, March 19. Parents, guardians and parents-to-be can see the most up-to-date range of fun and fashionable real nappies - as modelled by local babies and children - and find out about the benefits for everyone.
As an extra incentive, the council's waste prevention team is giving away three packs of real nappies worth £75. Entrance to the fashion show is free and free goodie bags can be claimed (while stocks last).
Lots of useful displays will also be running between 10am and 1pm covering The Borrower's Toy Library, Family Information Services, The National Childbirth Trust, Worcestershire Children's Library, The British Red Cross (with child and baby resuscitation demonstrations) as well as all the ideas of the waste prevention team.
Local mum Janine Rusby will be modelling in the fashion show with her twin daughters Beatrice and Grace. Janine has been really pleased with the money she has saved by using real nappies and said: "Real nappies are much easier to use than people think. The nappies come in lots of modern styles that fasten easily and fit snugly. The flushable liners means they're hygienic and simple to wash. If I can use them on my twins anyone can!"
The Real Nappy Incentive Scheme gives parents, guardians and parents-to-be the opportunity to either receive £30 cashback when they purchase £50 worth or more of real nappies (excluding accessories) or they can claim a free pack of pre-fold nappies worth around £15 from Green Nappies, a social enterprise working with adults from disadvantaged groups.
To take part in the on-going cash back scheme or claim a free pack of Green Nappies, people must be a Herefordshire or Worcestershire resident, return a signed Real Nappy Incentive Scheme application form to Green Nappies, supply a copy of MATB 1 form or child's birth certificate, provide a copy of receipt(s) for £50 worth, or more, of real nappies, be happy for their contact details to be passed on to Green Nappies for the sole purpose of them contacting them to take part in a real nappy feedback survey and only take advantage of one scheme per baby.
Each child can use up to 6,000 disposable nappies in their lifetime and eight million disposable nappies are thrown away every day in the UK. More than 90 per cent of disposable nappies are disposed of in landfill and may take up hundreds of years to decompose.
The average spend on disposable nappies can be as much as £922.74 per child before they reach the age of three. Real nappies can be used again and again and on the next child.
Herefordshire Council is responsible for getting rid of all the disposable nappies thrown out by the county's parents. Not only do these nappies take decades to break down after they've been taken to landfill, it is also increasingly costly for the council to pay for such disposal, a cost that's passed on to the council taxpayer.
Further information on the Real Nappy Incentive Scheme, fashion show and competition is available at http://www.wastemissionimpossible.org.uk/ or by calling call 01905 766883.
Real nappies help save money
13 March 2008
Herefordshire Council and Worcestershire County Council are celebrating a year of the Real Nappy Incentive Scheme with a special fashion show next week.
A range of the latest real nappy designs will be on display at Worcester Guildhall on Wednesday, March 19. Parents, guardians and parents-to-be can see the most up-to-date range of fun and fashionable real nappies - as modelled by local babies and children - and find out about the benefits for everyone.
As an extra incentive, the council's waste prevention team is giving away three packs of real nappies worth £75. Entrance to the fashion show is free and free goodie bags can be claimed (while stocks last).
Lots of useful displays will also be running between 10am and 1pm covering The Borrower's Toy Library, Family Information Services, The National Childbirth Trust, Worcestershire Children's Library, The British Red Cross (with child and baby resuscitation demonstrations) as well as all the ideas of the waste prevention team.
Local mum Janine Rusby will be modelling in the fashion show with her twin daughters Beatrice and Grace. Janine has been really pleased with the money she has saved by using real nappies and said: "Real nappies are much easier to use than people think. The nappies come in lots of modern styles that fasten easily and fit snugly. The flushable liners means they're hygienic and simple to wash. If I can use them on my twins anyone can!"
The Real Nappy Incentive Scheme gives parents, guardians and parents-to-be the opportunity to either receive £30 cashback when they purchase £50 worth or more of real nappies (excluding accessories) or they can claim a free pack of pre-fold nappies worth around £15 from Green Nappies, a social enterprise working with adults from disadvantaged groups.
To take part in the on-going cash back scheme or claim a free pack of Green Nappies, people must be a Herefordshire or Worcestershire resident, return a signed Real Nappy Incentive Scheme application form to Green Nappies, supply a copy of MATB 1 form or child's birth certificate, provide a copy of receipt(s) for £50 worth, or more, of real nappies, be happy for their contact details to be passed on to Green Nappies for the sole purpose of them contacting them to take part in a real nappy feedback survey and only take advantage of one scheme per baby.
Each child can use up to 6,000 disposable nappies in their lifetime and eight million disposable nappies are thrown away every day in the UK. More than 90 per cent of disposable nappies are disposed of in landfill and may take up hundreds of years to decompose.
The average spend on disposable nappies can be as much as £922.74 per child before they reach the age of three. Real nappies can be used again and again and on the next child.
Herefordshire Council is responsible for getting rid of all the disposable nappies thrown out by the county's parents. Not only do these nappies take decades to break down after they've been taken to landfill, it is also increasingly costly for the council to pay for such disposal, a cost that's passed on to the council taxpayer.
Further information on the Real Nappy Incentive Scheme, fashion show and competition is available at http://www.wastemissionimpossible.org.uk/ or by calling call 01905 766883.
