Bluestone – Resort with Eco-Credentials
Bluestone - a Welsh family resort with eco-credentials “Using nappies to build roads and pavements isn’t as crazy as it sounds!” (more…)
The Circular Economy Ethos
Bluestone National Park Resort fully embrace the 'Circular Economy' ethos! Having already been hailed as a "wonderful example of a sustainable business" by Welsh Assembly Sustainability Minister Jane Davidson, Bluestone has decided to really accelerate its sustainable and environmental credentials; it has now become the world's first holiday destination to use its own customers' nappies to provide enhanced asphalt surrounding the new lodges currently being built. (more…)
Kerbside nappy recycling in Bristol
Kerbside nappy recycling scheme to launch pilot project in Bristol FULL ARTICLE BY BRISTOL POST The soiled diapers will be recycled in Wales and used to surface roads and insulate homes. (more…)
NappiCycle Interview : Costing the Earth
NappiCycle interview, November 15th on Radio 4 Costing the Earth - How can I be a more sustainable parent? Listen on BBC Sounds Since becoming pregnant, environmental historian and broadcaster Dr Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough has aspired to bring up her two children as sustainably as possible. In 2017, a Canadian study recommended that people could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the number of children they have by one. It also pointed out how much bigger the carbon footprint of a child is in the West, compared to a child brought up in Malawi. (more…)
NappiCycle Featured on BBC & S4C
Delighted to have BBC News and S4C News at our plant to be interviewed about our new innovation. Recognition has to go to our amazing and determined team at NappiCycle and the great collaboration between multiple Welsh companies and Welsh Government. Rob Poyer of NappiCycle / Natural UK Ltd (more…)
Pura – The History of Our Future
In 2018, there were 731,213 new lives brought into the UK. Furthermore, with 3 billion (yes, billion!) nappies being thrown away into landfill annually, it highlights the importance of finding a viable alternative to nappies being left to rot, with nappies sometimes taking as long as 500 years to fully decompose. (more…)
PSA: Send your nappies to NappiCycle!
It has been well-documented over the last few weeks that there was a collection of shipping containers that have been washing up from a recent spillage in the Bristol Channel. It was later reported that there were eleven containers in total, varying between empty and full of incontinence waste. (more…)
NappiCycle Wins Prestigious Award!
Green Business of the Year award 2017 NappiCycle recently won the 2017 Green Business of the Year award in the Swansea Bay Tourism Awards. Held at the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, the awards are designed to showcase and recognise the top firms and individuals in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. (more…)