Women's Environmental Network
Real Nappy Schemes -
Promoting Waste Prevention Through Partnership

This index has been compiled with the generous co-operation of the many organisations involved in real nappy partnerships. WEN would like to thank everyone who participated in its creation. The information published has been provided by the 'partnerships' and there are not yet any national standard methods for information gathering and calculations. Publication here does not imply endorsement by WEN of any particular methodology.

If you are actively promoting real nappies in partnership with another organisation and would like your scheme to be included in our index please e-mail nappies@wen.org.uk

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Real Nappy Video and Information Pack, Coventry
Areas Served Coventry
Type of Scheme Educational
Start Year 2001
End Year Ongoing
New Real Nappy Users No Information Yet
No. of Temporary Jobs No Information Yet
No. of Permanent Jobs No Information Yet
Waste Prevented (tonnes) No Information Yet

Money Saved on Expenditure No Information Yet

Money Saved on Disposal No Information Yet


Partners
Coventry Real Nappy Campaign Contact: Hilary Wilson Tel. 02476 712197 Email: ecoline@supanet.com

Coventry City Council Agenda 21 Team

Coventry University


Notes

Funding:
Self-funded initially by group members and small fund-raising activities. The video is now self-financing - money raised from sales pays for more copies to be made.

Scheme:
The video is available nationally. This was made by a group of final year students from the Communication Studies Course who gained a first for their efforts. The public launch of the video and pack featured in a local paper - Coventry Evening Telegraph and in low cost forms of advertising.

Agenda 21 distribute information packs to every health visitor in Coventry, libraries, midwifery units, post-natal wards, and ante-natal clinics. They also monitor the number. of videos sent out.

This project has low environmental impact by the use of recycled paper, local people involved, communication by word of mouth, telephone, email.

Future plans:
to launch a real nappy loan scheme in Coventry, to have list of local real nappy stockists on leaflets, to extend project into neighbouring councils.


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