The Facts about Disposable Nappies

Disposable Nappies

 When I had my two girls I have to admit to using disposable nappies mostly because of the fact that it was the most convenient way of managing. Given that I breast fed Stephanie for 13mts and Victoria for 7mts, I reckoned that I wouldn't have had time to deal with the cloth nappies.  As a new mum I was so consumed by this little miracle that I gave birth to, that I chose the most convenient way and therefore went the disposable route. So years later when I learned the facts surrounding the disposal and subsequent effect of disposable nappies  had on the planet I was shocked and horrified! I have put together a few interesting facts about this so here goes... You can make up our own mind

• The use of disposable nappies has increased over the past 20 years as a result of their convenience.  A baby will use 6,000 disposable nappies before being potty trained at an average age of 2.5 years

• In the UK around 3 billion disposable nappies are used every year - generating about a half a million tonnes of waste

• They take 500 years to decompose

• Up to now, nappies, adult incontinence and feminine hygiene products (AHPS) have been one of the few remaining household items that go straight to landfill or incineration facilities.

• The challenge of how to dispose of municipal waste exists throughout the world.

• The most common methods of waste disposal, land filling, incineration or composting, pose many environmental concerns and simply can't handle the massive waste streams that are generated globally

However I do have an exciting piece of good news about a company called 'Knowaste' 

Knowaste's recycling process is the world's first, environmentally friendly, and cost effective solution to meeting the global challenge of disposing Absorbent Hygiene Products (AHPs): nappies, adult incontinence and feminine hygiene products. 

Knowaste's

The process involves three key stages:

1. Used nappies, adult incontinence and feminine hygiene products (AHPs) are collected and transported to a Knowaste plant.
2. The Knowaste process sterilizes the AHP material, deactivates and mechanically separates the individual components:  organic residue, plastic and super absorbent polymers.
3. The reclaimed components can then be made into recycled products such as:

Plastic wood Plastic roofing tiles Absorption materials Recycled paper products Green energy     Thankfully there is a renewed interest in the using the cloth nappies and with so much choice out there you won't be disappointed. I don't stock any of the organic cloth nappies as yet but I do intend to do in the near future - so watch this space as I will dedicate one of my blogs and showcase a few of them!

www.organicbabyclothesdirect.com

Best wishes
Jacqueline

Why Buy Organic Baby Products

The Advantages of Organic Baby Products


From the moment a baby is born, she/he is exposed to a range of toxins and chemicals through his/her clothing and food.

This is where organic baby products really matter to parents that are aware and more importantly the health of the baby!


A little planning is all that is needed so you can easily make organic baby food at home to ensure the richest source of nourishment to your baby while its organs and body is growing fast.

There are many organic baby food recipes to make this task easy for you.

The biggest advantage of organic foods is that these have not been sprayed with poisonous insecticides, which in turn ensures toxin free food for your baby.

Just imagine how you would feel knowing that you are giving your baby the best possible chance because like it or not our food is sprayed with toxic chemicals to within an inch of its like! That is fact!

Then we go on to our clothing - it to is sprayed heavily with toxic chemicals - in fact it is sprayed 40 times a season! These chemicals do not come out even after washing! So again babies are the vulnerable ones because their skin is more absorbent than adults.

By choosing organic clothing for your baby, you would be protecting them form the toxins that get into these products through pesticides and chemical fertilizers that would have been used during the cultivation of cotton.

There are also many other baby care products like oils and soaps that are made from natural ingredients that are free from harmful ingredients - I will be stocking these in the near future!

Finally, by choosing organic products for your baby you are not only helping your baby but you are also making a positive impact on the environment for our future generations! So if you are looking for that all important baby gift or baby basics go ahead and log on to

www.organicbabyclothesdirect.com  and enjoy shopping!!

Warm Wishes

Jacqueline x

Organic Baby Clothes Direct

Organic Baby Clothes Direct

www.organicbabyclothesdirect.com 

Hi everyone! check out my new stock! I have also restocked my best sellers - beautifully soft organic cotton playsuits in eye catching colours! Every mother wants the best for their little one, so to help you with this, I have a great variety of organic baby clothes for newborns to six years old. They are perfect for your babies delicate skin because.....

• Certified organic cotton is cotton grown without the use of harmful pesticides, herbicides or artificial fertilizers.

• It is free from formaldehyde finishes and toxic dyes.

• Organic cotton is soft, hard wearing, durable, extremely breathable and still remains beautifully soft even after repeated washes. 

• Organic cotton is grown in fields where the use of pesticides has been discontinued for at least 3 years.

• Successful organic farming is much more labour intensive. Using good bugs to halt the bad bugs and crop rotation and other natural methods, the organic cotton farmers can go about their work without the worry of being poisoned by toxic chemicals.

• This intensive natural farming pays dividends when the end product is gorgeously soft cotton, free from chemicals, just perfect for your baby’s delicate skin.

 DID YOU KNOW

• that a baby's skin is five times thinner than an adults therefore makng it more absorbent.

• that conventional cotton contains residual toxic chemicals that does not come out even after washing

• It takes approx one small cup of chemicals to make one T-shirt.

• This delicate crop is sprayed with chemicals up to 30 to 40 times a season.

• It is one of the most sprayed crops in the world.

• The chemical residue causes water and soil pollution.

• Many of the pesticides and chemicals used in the manufacturing of cotton are petroleum based and therefore stay in the garment even after washing.

• The health of the frontline farmers are compromised by this un-necessary cocktail of chemicals.

• It has been suggested that worldwide conventional cotton production uses about 3% of the farmland but consumes about 25% of the chemical pesticides and fertilizers 

So I hope you enjoy browsing and if you find anything you would like to purchase - that is not a problem  - simply follow the link for my website and from here you can place your order securely online and enjoy the added bonus of free shipping and free gift wrapping!


www.organicbabyclothesdirect.com

Warm wishes 
Jacqueline x

Top Five Tips For A Greener Christmas

Being an Eco conscious person and a lover of nature I want to share with you five top tips that will ensure your local land fill is left wanting this Christmas! Here we go and remember have fun!!!

 1- Christmas Tree - Lets start with the Christmas tree - some people prefer a real Christmas tree while others prefer an artificial one. Which ever one you like, remember the natural one is the most biodegradable. I was surprised to read recently that you can replant the used Christmas tree in your garden to use again the next year, I don't know how well this would work as I haven't tried it. If you opt for a real one make sure it has been sourced from a sustainable forest.



2- Christmas baubles - Everyone likes the shine and glitter of new Christmas baubles but lets consider if we really need to go out and buy new ones this year. Dust down last years supply and save some money and the environment. You can make some really nice homemade decorations for the tree eg. cinnamon sticks tied together with some fine red ribbon - delightful aroma! So not only do they look good but the smell is wonderful as well. With a little imagination you can create some interesting pieces for Christmas. Another example is to make your own holly wreath for your front door. Simply get a piece of wire ( an old wire coat hanger will do) make it into a circle and go foraging in nature for your holly, pine cones, ivy and leaves from conifers. Get the family involved and enjoy!

3 - Wrapping paper - We all love to give and indeed receive presents that are nicely wrapped. Lets make an effort this Christmas and instead of buying the traditional brightly coloured Christmas paper lets try wrapping our presents in brown recycled paper and add a gorgeous red satin ribbon or whatever colour of ribbon you prefer. It immediately looks like you have made an effort  - which in fact you have and people will be more inclined to follow the recycle principle! Just think - you wont have black bulging waste sacks piled up outside your home - because lets face it  -the amount of packaging waste we accumulate over Christmas is huge.

4- Shopping -There are lots of ways we can be environmentally aware when it comes to shopping. The first thing I think of is the shopping bag! Plastic bags will hopefully become a thing of the past but not without a huge effort on our part. I have a few organic bags that I take with me when shopping. I believe every little helps. When I go grocery shopping I have reusable grocery bags which work a treat - The Sainsbury's of this world need to be given a clear message that the packaging they put on food is utterly ridiculous. We don't need our cucumber to be wrapped in plastic,  If your budget allows, buy organic and fair trade products. You are not only buying food free from chemicals but you are supporting the farmers who get a decent wage and a fair market price for their produce.


5 - Christmas cards - Just thinking about alternatives and the savings that could be made - don't think Royal Mail would be a big fan of thinking about alternatives! Think of the rain forest how much of it is used for our consumerism? I have come up with the following suggestions - an ecard, home made Christmas card, special Christmas text and if you do send shop bought Christmas cards then it would be great to put them in a recycle bank straight after Christmas.

This concludes my Top Five Tips for a Greener Christmas and remember every little helps and just being that little bit more aware of the consequences of our actions. Most importantly whatever you get up to have fun and plenty of 'craic' over the festive period.

PS one last thing if you are looking for that special Christmas gift for a baby or child up to six years you could check out my website www.organicbabyclothesdirect.com to see my fabulous range of organic and fair trade clothing and gift sets. Just to make it a little easier on your wallet I am offering free Postage and free gift wrapping. All items will be wrapped in acid free tissue paper secured with an organic baby clothes direct sticker.

Warm wishes
Jacqueline x Millie x

Irish Mum in Business Scoops Top Award

Here’s the details for our lovely Irish winner of 2^nd place for the best home business – a fantastic lady who has an incredible story to tell. It was so close between her and the winner, and I can say she came so close to winning, it was really tough for the judges with such a high calibre of finalists!

London (UK)
Remote Worker Awards News Release

Irish Mum in Business Scoops Top Award

Last night Jacqueline Irvine, who runs Organic Baby Clothes Direct from her home office in Newry, Down, scooped second place for The BT Home Business Award in a prestigious ceremony to celebrate The Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business, at The Grand Connaught Rooms in London.

Organic Baby Clothes Direct is an ethical online, award winning business that supplies organic baby clothes to clients throughout the UK and Europe. Jacqueline supplies a wide range of organic clothes for children 0-6yrs that are ethically sourced, fair trade and are free from toxic chemicals.

Driven by a passion to provide a service for people that believe their precious babies deserve the best start in life, Organic Baby Clothes Direct believes that public awareness about organic and environmental issues are growing. If she can increase awareness about the benefits of using organic cotton then she feels she will have accomplished something important.

Jacqueline recently won’ The Best Green Business’ from The Greater Newry Area Business Awards and working from home has given her the ability to combine family life with business. She said: “I am so excited to be a runner up for the BT Home Business Award. I feel honoured and proud to be part of this exciting event!”

The BT Home Business Award is aimed at finding the most innovative business that demonstrates how remote working and home working has made a beneficial impact on their business and home life.

Award winning website, Remote Employment, Google’s No 1 job site for flexible and home based jobs, launched The Remote Worker Awards in association with BT Business to highlight how home working and remote working benefits the British public and their working life.

The winners of The Remote Worker Awards can be found at www.remoteworkerawards.com.

More details on the winners can be found at www.remoteworkerawards.com.

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Notes to editors

For interviews, images or more details, please call Paula on 0844 800 8355 or email paula@remoteemployment.com.

Winners details are listed here:
http://www.remoteworkerawards.com/pages.aspx?Work+at+Home=Winners&p=319

And here:

http://www.remoteworkerawards.com/news_details.aspx?Work+at+Home=Irish+Mum+in+Business+Scoops+Top+Award&c=611

Paula Wynne

Director
Remote Employment

We champion remote and home working!

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Business Awards:

Winner of BT Small Business Week 'Responsible Business Day' Award
Winner of BT FreshIdeas Events Mentor Competition

Nominated Top 100 Business in Barclays Trading Places Award

Runner Up in the Enterprise Challenge in the 2009 Enterprising Women Awards
Finalist for Best Online Business in Women on their Way Awards

Semi Finalist in Mumpreneur Awards 2010

Jacqueline Irvine Newry Co Down N Ireland

Many thanks for entering The Mumpreneur Awards 2010. We have spent the 
past few days ploughing through 302 top notch entries, only able to 
shortlist 6 for each category. Unfortunately this year you did not 
make the final shortlist, however you have ever reason to be proud of 
you and your business.

The first round of judging saw the 302 entries whittled down to just 
8-11 entries per category, before the second round of judging took 
place. Only the best of the bunch were put forward to that second 
round, and these were people we felt would be suitable candidates for 
the finals. You were outstanding enough to have made it through to the 
"semi-finals". It was simply a matter of whittling down the amazingly 
high standard of entries to 6 per category. We genuinely could have 
picked every single semi-finalist!

We really feel this is an achievement to be proud of, and would 
encourage all of you to enter the 2011 awards that will open later 
this year!

The Mumpreneur Conference 2010
The conference is taking place on September 18th 2010 and the Heart of 
England Conference Centre. It costs just £20 to attend which includes 
access to 3 out of 6 seminars, 2 inspirational and motivational 
speakers, networking with up to 150 likeminded business women, access 
to the exhibition, lunch and the awards ceremony. Tickets are limited 
to 150 and are selling fast, so to secure your place then book now.

To those of you who will be attending the conference, do not dismay 
that you didn't make the final shortlist... we'll be spending time 
between now and the conference keeping an eye on you and your 
business, and reviewing your nomination, and you could still be in 
with a chance of walking away with a special mumpreneur accolade... 
You'll find out more at the event itself! Keep in touch via facebook 
and twitter to increase your chances of winning an accolade all of 
your own!

Please find attached a semi-finalist badge, should you wish to update 
your "nominated" badge.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. And 
thank you again for taking the time to enter the Mumpreneur Awards 
with such a fantastic entry!

Amanda Farren

The Mumpreneur Conference & Awards
www.themumpreneurconference.co.uk

Finalist in the BT Home Business Awards

Name: Jacqueline Irvine, Newry Co Down, Northern Ireland
Company: Organic Baby Clothes Direct
Website: www.organicbabyclothesdirect.com

Organic Baby Clothes Direct is an ethical online, award winning business that supplies organic baby clothes to clients throughout the UK and Europe. The business supplies a wide range of organic clothes for children 0-6yrs that are ethically sourced, fair trade and are free from toxic chemicals.

Driven by a passion to provide a service for people that believe their precious babies deserve the best start in life Organic Baby Clothes Direct was born. With public awareness about organic and environmental issues growing, it is becoming an increasingly popular area of growth. Jacqueline has recently won’ The Best Green Business’ from The Greater Newry Area Business Awards.

She believes being a home based business has allowed her to provide her customers with a tailor made first class customer service coupled with high quality organic products making it a winning combination. Jacqueline has a full e commerce website, easy to navigate, and she offers her customers free shipping and a complementary gift wrapping service.

Working from home Jacqueline is able to combine family life with work effortlessly There is no commute to contend with and all this is in context with what she is passionate about, living a greener lifestyle and having as little impact on Mother Earth as possible. All her invoices are electronic therefore there is limited paper printed and she recycles her postage bags when she can.

If she can increase awareness about the benefits of using organic cotton then she feels she will have accomplished something important.

Jacqueline said: "Such excitment! I am delighted about being short listed as a finalist in the BT Home Business Award."