Radio Kerry – Weekly Tips 31 – Re-usable Nappies

Did you know?….. In County Kerry alone –  over 12 million disposable nappies go to landfill every year where they take hundreds of years to decompose. From birth to potty training each child uses around 6,000 nappies in their lifetime. In Ireland 1.2 million disposable single use nappies go to landfill every single day along […]

Radio Kerry – Weekly Episode 31 – Re-usable Nappies

This week in Ours to Protect we’re looking at a growing movement away from disposable nappies to reusable cloth nappies. In County Kerry alone –  over 12 million disposable nappies go to landfill every year where they take hundreds of years to decompose. Sari Houlihan has been finding out more… For more in this series […]

Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 16 – Cloth Free Nappies

Did you know…  They will require an average of 8 nappies per day for the first 2.5 years of life. A total of 134,480 single-use plastic nappies go to landfill everyday within County Cork. On an annual basis 49 million disposable single-use nappies, equating to 7,510 tonnes (UK DEFRA Report) of plastic waste is generated […]