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16Feb 2023 by Nappi-Cycle No Comments

NappiCycle discussed in Senedd

We are very grateful to Adam Price, Member of the Senedd for Wales, for taking the time to visit us and for asking some business critical questions at the Senedd. We are incredibly grateful for the cross party support we have received from the Welsh Government. To see the video on Facebook CLICK HERE (more…)

16Feb 2023 by Nappi-Cycle No Comments

Darlington Borough Council trial NappiCycle

Community, Environment, News

Road to the future: Darlington Borough Council trialling sustainable asphalt solutions with NappiCycle pellets Rainton Construction has partnered with Darlington Borough Council to test a ground-breaking surfacing solution. The trial at Snipe Lane incorporated pellets made from plastic nappy fibres into the asphalt which was used to surface the road. (more…)

15Feb 2023 by Nappi-Cycle No Comments

The Circular Economy Ethos

Community, News, Recycling

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…)

13Feb 2023 by Nappi-Cycle No Comments

Welsh Sustainability Awards 2023

News, Our Company

Natural UK & NappiCycle headline sponsor of the Welsh Sustainability Awards 2023, showcasing the great green initiatives across the NHS in Swansea Bay & Hywel Dda University Health Boards. (more…)

31Jan 2023 by Nappi-Cycle No Comments

Folly Farm – Ensuring Sustainability

Environment, News

Folly Farm – Ensuring Sustainability Sits at the Heart of Everything We Do (...including recycling their used nappy and sanitary wastes) Taken from an article for Business News Wales; Jack Gradidge, Conservation Office at Folly Farm, talks about the steps and measures in place, to put sustainability at the heart of everything they do at this popular visitor attraction in Pembrokeshire (more…)

26Jan 2023 by Nappi-Cycle No Comments

Kerbside nappy recycling in Bristol

News, Recycling

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…)

16Nov 2022 by Nappi-Cycle No Comments

NappiCycle Interview : Costing the Earth

Environment, News, Recycling

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…)

28Sep 2022 by Nappi-Cycle No Comments

NappiCycle in the Media

News, Our Company

Recent media interest in NappiCycle Over the last few years NappiCycle has gained more and more interest and coverage in various media outlets, in print, online and on television. Below are a number of examples and links to the full articles. (more…)

01Mar 2022 by Nappi-Cycle No Comments

NappiCycle Featured on BBC & S4C

Environment, News, Recycling

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…)

21Feb 2022 by Nappi-Cycle No Comments

Washington Post Features NappiCycle

Community, News, Our Company

A highway paved with recycled diapers may change the cloth vs. disposables debate By Karla Adam / Washington Post LLANARTH, Wales — No, it doesn’t smell like poop. We thought it’d be worth preempting the obvious question even before describing how, in what might be a world-first, more than 100,000 dirty, disposable diapers — or “nappies,” as they are called here — are being used to help pave a road in west Wales. (more…)