Twelve litres of milk purchased each week. Five loads of washing per day. And until recently, two full wheelie bins of dirty nappies hauled out onto the street for Wednesday rubbish collection.
But not any more – because mum of Napier quads Joanne Wills, 36, says she and husband Brett, 41, have just made the switch to reusables.
Many would call it madness, but Joanne says it’s working well for them.
“Yes, it’s a hard thing to do,” she begins, taking a break from parenting four one-year-olds plus a toddler to speak exclusively to “But it’s so much more affordable with reusables – and we’ve reduced our waste by half. Also, we switch back to disposables on Sundays so we can give ourselves
