A zero-waste mum only just put out her black bin for the first time in 2022 despite living in a four-person household plus pets. Jen Gale, 44, and her family first agreed to try and reduce their waste a decade ago in a bid to protect the planet.
Starting small, the family, from Warminster, Wiltshire, began by buying second hand and visiting zero waste stores. Over the years they chucked away less and less - and this year, it took them nine months to fill their black waste bin. Jen says it's not as hard as people might think.
The mum-of-two, a sustainability author and podcaster, said: "We just thought that if we wanted to reduce our waste, we'd start chipping away at it over time. Now ten years on, it took us months to fill our black bin.
