‘WE ONLY FILL ONE BIN A YEAR!’

Meet the family who’ve binned wastage for good

When Nic Turner drags her wheelie bin to the kerb, it rattles with a few broken toys that couldn’t be fixed or recycled. The only other things in there are some worn-out fabric from her family’s well-loved clothes. Unlike her recycling bin that’s placed on the street every two months, it’s rare to see a rubbish bin outside Nic’s home because, incredibly, she and her husband Mike Ryan produce just one binful of garbage a year. In 2012, the parents, who live in Auckland, NZ, with daughters Asha, four, and Makhi, two, completely changed the way they approached shopping and waste. “We made one small change at a time so it didn’t feel like a big deal,” says Nic, 40. The family embraced the minimalist lifestyle six years ago after…

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