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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to abolish the postcode lottery associated with cloth nappy incentive schemes. More details
Submitted by Wendy Shippam of Friendly Baby – Deadline to sign up by: 02 October 2007 – Signatures: 73
More details from petition creator
In many areas of the country local councils are providing incentive schemes for parents to try cloth nappies on their babies. This is for the benefit of the local councils as disposable nappies make up 15% of household waste. However, it is a postcode lottery. Some areas have fantastic incentive schemes providing trial kits and money-off coupons, while other councils provide absolutely no incentive scheme at all. If the UK as a whole is expected to reduce the waste sent to landfill, then surely the UK as a whole should have the same incentive scheme for parents to try cloth nappies. Not everyone can afford the initial outlay of buying cloth nappies, despite the huge overall cost-saving. These incentive schemes are therefore essential in helping families to begin using cloth nappies.
Current signatories
Wendy Shippam, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Anita Angier
- Annabel Pickering
- Jon Shippam
- Antony Templeman
- Alice Jackson
- Janette Honey
- Zoe McCormick
- Heather Dalgleish
- Emma Spencer
- Nick Hopkins
- CLARE MUNFORD
- Alison Dixon
- REFUND MY 445 GD PONDS
- keith kennaugh
- Stephanie Ball
- Zoe
- liz shippam
- Donna Russell
- Louise Lowry
- Brian Templeman
- Catherine Laslett
- Shirley Gray
- Debbie Meakin
- Rachel Hawkes
- Joanne Sutton
- S Shaw
- Dee
- Leanne Battersby
- Sharon Ghani
- Deborah Eaton
- Victoria Taylor
- Kim grantham
- Melanie Dunne
- wendy castle
- Dominic Eaton
- Rachel Hammond
- abigail hooper
- Gemma Ingleby
- Emma Jones
- Yvonne Barrett
- Lesley c
- andrea
- trina webster
- AnnMarie McColl
- Lesley Jackson
- Hannah Watts
- V McBain
- Nina Price
- Under the Gooseberry Bush
- Tracey Ross
- Hannah-grace Murray
- Lynne Davis
- Jane Line
- Pamela Day
- amanda montague
- Caroline O'Sullivan
- Rachael Cunliffe
- Dirk Busse
- Tania Busse
- Jennifer Locke
- sally Willis
- joanne stuart
- Fiona Chalkley
- Suzanne Walker
- tracey mansell
- Joanne Green
- Nick Iles
- Margaret King
- Annie Wilson
- Alison Rawlinson
- JOHN STEWART
- Lucy Bethell
