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By ditching her big bin and reducing her waste, Belinda is also saving money
Belinda Chellingworth, 39, Sydney, NSW
Staringat the mountain of used betting slips in the bin, I sighed.
It was 2000 and, aged 20 and working as a barmaid at the local pub part time, I hated to see reams of paper going into landfill.
Digging my hand in the bin I pulled out the slips.
This’ll do for notes at uni, I smiled.
I’d always hated to see waste. Brought up on acreage in Western Sydney,