Redeeming RNFL Vouchers

A number London Councils have signed up for a pan London initiative to offer cashback and vouchers schemes to parents wishing to use cloth nappies.  Bebeco is on the list of registered suppliers and we accept the vouchers from this scheme.   See the list below to see if your council participates.

•  voucher numbers have a unique reference and are identified with details of the person eligible to redeem it;
• The voucher value is clearly shown on the voucher and varies with the issuing borough;
• The voucher is valid for 6 months from the date shown on the voucher (inclusive).
• one voucher only is issued per baby.
• Vouchers are directly redeemable only by the applicant identified on the voucher. After placing your order you must send us your Voucher and proof of ID. Acceptable forms of ID include copy of driving licence, council tax bill or similar.
• the voucher can only be redeemed for cloth nappies and reasonably associated sundries such as wraps, grippers, liners.
• vouchers cannot be redeemed by customers retrospectively (ie after original purchase).
• The customer redeeming the voucher will be issued with an itemised receipt showing what was purchased.
• no cash change can be given to the customer holding the voucher on exchange of the voucher.   

COUNCIL INCENTIVE SCHEMES ACROSS THE UK

More and more councils are providing incentives and cashback for families wanting to use cloth nappies.  Councils are facing ever greater environmental concern over landfill. Disposable nappies account for over 4% of waste that local authorities send to landfill.  Every single used disposable nappy  is still sitting in landfill. It takes many hundreds of years to biodegrade.  Even so called 'environmentally friendly' disposables cannot biodegrade in landfill conditions.

To see how you can benefit from any cashback or other incentive your council might offer please visit their website.  You will usually find a section about cloth nappies under the waste management section.

Please note that we do not accept any other voucher other than those issue by RNFL.

Read what the Women's Environmental network has to say about the Waste issues of Disposable Nappies. Source: Women's Environmental Network   (www.wen.org.uk)

Waste
Nearly 3 billion nappies are thrown away in the UK every year.⁵ The vast majority of these (90%) end up in landfill.⁶ Nearly 8 million nappies are thrown away every day in the UK.⁷ We do not know how long it takes for the plastics in disposable nappies to decompose but it could take hundreds of years.  With a nappy disposal cost to each local authority in hundreds of thousands of pounds per year (Nottinghamshire Council, for example, estimates over £1 million per year⁸ while Bristol City Council estimates a £500,000 cost.⁹) it is not surprising that nappy schemes now play a key role in local authorities' waste strategies.¹⁰

Landfill space is running out. In addition, the European Landfill Directive and national government policies are driving local authorities to reduce the amount of municipal waste sent to landfill.¹¹ The local authorities are struggling to stop waste amounts increasing, and so pressure is increased to turn to alternatives such as incineration .¹² Incineration is not a trouble free solution¹³ and emissions from incinerators cause controversy wherever they are sited.

Waste prevention at source is the most effective way of reducing our rubbish. The Cabinet Office Strategy Unit’s stressed the importance of promoting real nappies: 'Even modest initiatives to displace disposable nappy use with reusable nappies can have a significant waste minimisation impact.'¹⁴ This has been taken up by Defra who have backed a scheme to promote real nappies .¹⁵