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Name & Shame - No incentive scheme
Shame on Oxfordshire County Council for having no incentive scheme for the use of real nappies. Instead they offered me an info pack and a list of local suppliers.
I know councils have budgets, but surely they save a fair bit of money over 2 1/2 years due to the smaller quantity of rubbish going to landfill - not to mention the penalties councils face if they miss their recycling targets.
I suppose they think people who want to try real nappies will do, regardless of a financial incentive. But surely more people would try them if the council offered a 20% discount on a trial pack or something - and they could probably get that from a nappy company for free if they publicised it on their website.
Sorry - I know I am preaching to the converted on this forum, but its wound me up (and writing to the council will be another job to keep me busy until baby arrives!!)
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I know councils have budgets, but surely they save a fair bit of money over 2 1/2 years due to the smaller quantity of rubbish going to landfill - not to mention the penalties councils face if they miss their recycling targets.
I suppose they think people who want to try real nappies will do, regardless of a financial incentive. But surely more people would try them if the council offered a 20% discount on a trial pack or something - and they could probably get that from a nappy company for free if they publicised it on their website.
Sorry - I know I am preaching to the converted on this forum, but its wound me up (and writing to the council will be another job to keep me busy until baby arrives!!)
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Wiltshire gave me ??30 back and had a lady who offered advice and trial nappies too.
Try this:
http://www.bambinomio.com
then click on the incentives link
[Modified by: vixs2007 on November 08, 2008 08:38 PM]
They also have a try before you buy scheme
www.birmingham.gov.uk/nappies
I'm not even pregnent yet...but am determined to use cotton nappies when i do have a baby.
I've found out that Lancashire have an incentive scheme, you get a voucher for ??45 from them.