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Why real nappies are best for the environment (and your pocket)
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/dad239c7-4b28-4d30-af33-fe67fd5816b7/14DE8FAF-DC59-4D54-90A2-735384D2D40B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html" href="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html" style="font-size: 11px;">timesonline.typepad.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/timesonline.typepad.com/img/28FD5C25-2A93-450C-8CEF-38B615B6855B" alt="Baby_in_cotton_napp_325367a" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html">It is no wonder that <A href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3828040.ece" linkindex="8" set="yes">more and more people are dumping disposable nappies in favour of re-usables.</A> 'Real nappies' are a no-brainer in environmental terms. Sure, they require a bit more effort</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html">Here are 10 reasons why you should think very hard about using real nappies:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html"><STRONG>- </STRONG>Your child will use 4,500 nappies before toilet training. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html">- A (very smelly) mountain of 8 million nappies are disposed of DAILY; that's up to 750,000 tonnes of waste a year.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html"><P>- Disposable nappies take 200 to 500 years to decompose and release methane gasses as they do so.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html"><P>- Home-laundered nappies could <A href="http://www.wen.org.uk/nappies/cost_comparison.htm" linkindex="10">save parents around £500 per child</A>; more if you re-use them for subsequent offspring.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html"><P>- Consider using a <A href="http://www.realnappycampaign.com/for_mums_and_dads/the_nappy_experience/guide_to_using_a.html" linkindex="12">nappy laundering service</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html"><P>- Or what about going the re-usable route part time, say at weekends and evenings? </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html"><P><A href="http://www.babiesnappies.co.uk/" linkindex="14" set="yes">Babies Nappies</A> - a blog dedicated to eco nappies</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html"><P><A href="http://www.realnappycampaign.com/" linkindex="15">The real nappy campaign</A> - resources for parents</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html"><P><A href="http://www.wen.org.uk/nappies/" linkindex="16" set="yes">The women's environmental network</A> - useful links and facts</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/04/why-real-nappie.html"><P><A href="http://www.fill-your-pants.com/" linkindex="17">Fill-your-pants.com </A>- "more pant fill, less landfill"</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/14DE8FAF-DC59-4D54-90A2-735384D2D40B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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