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Couple reveal their secret to only taking the bins out once a year

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A couple are so good at recycling they only recently put their bin out for the first time in 14 months. Richard and Louise Arnold have got themselves into such a good routine their wheelie bin only gets to the side of the street once a year.

Louise says despite having a young baby in the family, it’s small changes that led to them producing very little waste. She told WalesOnline: “It isn’t as hard as you think if you start with small steps. “We started with soap which was our first change.

We changed from shower gels and other chemical solutions to natural soap with no packaging. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community “I think people are concerned that soap doesn’t last very long but these bars are big enough that we cut them in half and have one for the sink and the other half for the shower. “They only become a problem when they’re left in a puddle.

It’s cost-effective and great for the environment. “Then we thought: ‘This is quite good. Let’s try and do one thing a month and see how we go,’ so the following month we switched to a reusable bottle rather than using plastic bottles of water. “People think plastic bottles get recycled but mainly they just get down cycled into something else like carpets or fleeces and stay on the planet.

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