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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Jonathan Hill & Sara Odeen-Isbister

Meet the family who create so little waste they only put out rubbish bin once a year

A family have managed to cut down the amount of waste they create to such a small amount they only put out one wheelie bin a year.

Louise and Richard Arnold put out their green bin last month for the first time in 14 months, similar to the year before and the year before that.

Louise, a web developer, said they started making small changes, like using bars of soap and shampoo with no packaging, before cutting down on other everyday wrapping.

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