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Recycling at Home

There are many ways in which you can make a difference at home, below are just a few examples:

Switch to Real Nappies

Disposable nappies have a huge environmental impact:

  • 3.5 billion disposable nappies are used in Britain every year - that's 8 million nappies every day
  • A baby has approximately 4,500 nappy changes in 30 months
  • 7 million trees are felled each year just to feed the production of disposables for the British market - that's 4.5 trees for each child
  • It takes a cup of crude oil to produce the plastic for 1 disposable nappy
  • Disposable nappies take between 200 and 500 years to decompose.
  • Every used disposable nappy thrown away will be in a landfill site somewhere near you.

For more information on real nappies, please visit the and The Real Nappy Campaign or call The Real Nappy Helpline on 0845 850 0606.

To find a local retailer, agent, nappy network, laundry or incentive scheme please visit The Nappy Finder. This is a search tool launched by The Real Nappy Campaign where you can simply enter your postcode or region and find any of the above services local to you.

Alternatively, new mums can request a free Real Nappy Home Laundry Starter Kit and try out washing real nappies at home by calling  the Real Nappy Advisor on 01663 766192 or 07941 332 221.

There are alternatives to disposable nappies and as an incentive to new parents, Trafford Council offer a one month free trial to a Nappy Laundry Service, with a company called Cottontails. Freshly laundered pure cotton nappies are delivered each week and the soiled ones taken away.

To take up the free one month trail you can:

Stop unwanted junk mail

Unwanted, unread Direct Mail is a waste but there is a way to stop it by registering with the Mail Preference Service.

The Mailing Preference Service (MPS) is a free service set up 20 years ago and funded by the direct mail industry to enable consumers to have their names and home addresses in the UK removed from or added to lists used by the industry. It is actively supported by the Royal Mail and all directly involved trade associations and fully supported by The Information Commissioners Office.

Registering is easy, you can:

This page was last reviewed on 23 June 2009