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A revised report by the Environment Agency released in October 2008 has shown washable nappies can save 40% carbon emissions over disposable nappies.
The report has found that the environmental impacts of using shaped reusable nappies can be higher or lower than using disposable nappies, depending on how they are laundered.
Washing nappies in fuller loads, line drying them outdoors all the time and using the nappies on a second child would lower the global warming impact by 40% from the baseline scenario, or some 200kg of carbon dioxide equivalents over the two and a half years of nappy use. This is equal to driving a car 1,000km.
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For further information about how washable nappies are promoted across the country please visit the Real Nappy Campaign website at www.goreal.org.uk.
Best Practice Guides for using real nappies in Hospitals and Nurseries have been developed by Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP).
Real Nappy Laundering PAS 106
A Publicly Available Specification (PAS 106) has been prepared by the British Standards Institution in consultation with the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and associated groups to provide a specification for the laundering of real nappies supplied to the NHS and private households/healthcare settings. For further information please visit http://www.wrap.org.uk/wrap_corporate/news/wrap_1.html.
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