{"id":1671,"date":"2019-04-23T14:39:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T13:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1671"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:41:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:41:37","slug":"real-nappies-hamper-trial-for-tops-nursery-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/2019\/04\/23\/real-nappies-hamper-trial-for-tops-nursery-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Nappies Hamper trial for Tops nursery staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Directors and managers at Tops Day Nurseries have been discussing how to encourage the use of real nappies in their nurseries for a while. The advantages for parents using real nappies are that they are cheaper in the long run, meaning savings of up to \u00a3600 a year! Other benefits include the fact that a child is likely to be potty trained at an earlier age, that real nappies are much, much better for the natural world and that they will save local communities a significant amount of money as well.<\/p>\n<p>Dealing with nappy waste forms about 4% of every domestic rates bill, whether there are children in the property or not. A reduction in the use of single-use (disposable) nappies is therefore in everyone\u2019s interest!<\/p>\n<p>As a result Tops will be providing a hamper of real nappies to every member of staff with a baby or toddler under 2 years, for them to try them out and report their findings; also included in the hamper will be an eco egg and some enzyme powder (the cheapest, most effective way to wash real nappies).<\/p>\n<p>In addition to saving them money, the company hopes nursery staff will then be able to support parents to make a similar changes.<\/p>\n<p>Tops plan to run a real nappy library and produce some online training through GECCO, and have applied to Waitrose and Truidos Bank for funding to help with the project.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1671"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13731,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions\/13731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}