Haven is the first holiday park in the UK to decide to solely sell its reusable Happy Nappy swim nappy for babies and toddlers under three years.
The decision from Haven is a bid to reduce disposable nappy use across its onsite swimming pools. This decision will save Haven 20 tonnes of waste annually, which is product by single use disposable swim nappies across all 41 of its resorts.
Splash About’s managing director, Bernadette Spofforth, said: “Disposable swim nappy waste is a huge concern for holiday parks, the leisure sector and the environment, this a bold and forward thinking move from Haven.”
Lesley Beach, finance and operations director at Splash About, added: “Disposable swim nappies are not effective at containing unwanted accidents, and as a consequence, faecal leaks can result in pool closures for cleaning, refilling and reheating – affecting all pool users and causing unnecessary expense, which in the current economic climate, pools can ill afford to accommodate.
“This is compounded with significant fines for waste disposal and the environmental cost of millions of nappies ending up in landfill every year, where they can take up to 500 years to decompose.”
Simon Palmer, head of activities and leisure at Haven, furthered: “Haven is committed to taking paper swim nappies out of its pools to end the cycle of waste from disposables, so much so that we are heavily subsidising the cost of the Happy Nappy in all our poolside retail outlets, to make it easier for holidaymakers to ditch the disposable swim nappy for good.
“Not only will this have a positive effect on the environment with, we estimate, a reduction of 20 tonnes of waste to landfill, but it will also enable us to meet our strict environmental targets adn ensure we have the cleanest water for all our swimmers.”
