Go Real Nappy Blog - Sandra Curley, Week 4

We have had another busy weekend in Birmingham with the Half Marathon. There were 14,000 entrants with 6 water stations along the route providing recyclable plastic bottles. The clean up guys were fantastic in their efforts to get all those water bottles back into the recycling system. We had several representatives from our department running, who all managed in 2 hours or less, not bad – if I had done it I think I would still be on the Pershore Road!

However, my excuse for not running, was that I was busy checking for jelly fish on Guardamar Beach. I could hardly believe that the temperature in Spain in October would be up to 37 degrees with a millpond sea and just the occasional ‘medusa’.

Now that I am back to work, I find I have a couple of requests for information on nappy laundry services. This is a service that seems to have disappeared a little over the last couple of years. There are still lots of people who would like to use real nappies, but because of work commitments or living conditions, just cannot manage it. There is a company called Washed and Delivered who do just that! They provide all the nappies required and collect and replace on a weekly basis, for a fee which is still less than what some parents spend on their disposables. What I really like about this company is that rather than just supplying prefold nappies, they also give you the option of having a Fuzzibunz stuffable nappy, which a lot of parents prefer.

As an incentive to our residents to use real nappies, Birmingham City Council are offering to pay for two weeks use during the nappy trial offered by Washed and Delivered. Go on, give it a try…..