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A couple have swapped out loo rolls and re-use shower water which has slashed their water bills – and now they only pay £8 a month.
Anna Masiello, 28, and Diogo, 29, are environmentally-conscious.
They attempt to live a zero-waste life by sticking to a plant-based diet, swapping clothes with mates and use shampoo and soap bars, just to name a few.
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The husband and wife took their next step into a leading a more eco-friendly life earlier this year by no longer purchasing toilet paper, and instead use a portable bidet.
Attached to a plastic bottle, the pair are able to whisk their on-the-road loo to camping trips as well as using it at home.
Their no-waste approach to life does not stop there as the married couple also store their shower water in a jar so that they can reuse it to drink, cook and water plants once it has been cleaned.
Following this way of living has made life a lot more affordable for Anna and Diogo as they have claimed they only spend £8.43 on water bills a month.
In just a year, the pair have saved more than 13,000 litres of water by ditching the bog roll and, on top of that, have saved more than 600 litres by re-using the shower water.
Anna, who is an eco-influencer from Italy, also uses period pants and menstrual cups rather than sanitary towels and other disposable period products.
She confessed: "It wasn't hard to ditch loo roll – you'd be surprised how easy it is to go without it.
"So many people were confused by the concept of the portable bidet.
“When I shared it on social media, someone even commented they would rather die than use one.
"There's a bottle that you fill up with water – you attach a small shower-style head to and release water to wash yourself with.
“You simply wipe your privates with a towel after you are done. It's perfectly clean and hygienic."
The environmentally friendly influencer noted that an average person gets through around 100 rolls of loo paper each year, which takes a whopping 14,000 litres of water to be made.
When it comes to having a wash, the pair place a four litre jar in the shower which catches the excess water they reuse to drink, cook and water plants with.
They then use a charcoal water filter in the jar to make sure it is safe for consumption.
“It’s so simple and we save 600 litres a water by doing so", Anna confessed.
"When I started my zero-waste journey I felt the weight of the world of my shoulders as I was trying to do everything perfectly.
"I’ve soon come to realise you can’t do everything perfectly and it’s a completely personal journey you have to take. We just do what we can and what works for us."
Anna says the path to a zero-waste life is "personal", but she suggested: “I recommend people start with what is important to them, whether that’s food fashion and waste and then go from there.”
The influencer's journey started by looking at how much waste she was making and hoped to reduce this.
Now deep into their zero waste lifestyle, the pair only make enough waste to fill one black bin bag of rubbish every six months.
“I haven’t bought any clothes from fast fashion stores for five years," Anna voiced.
“I absolutely love thrifting and going to swap events. I try to appreciate everything I have."
Anna has now started up her own sustainably fashion brand called R-Coat which creates garments from old umbrellas.
Although ditching the bog roll and cleaning yourself with a towel may seem extreme for some, Anna has shared her top tips to get you started on a more sustainable life.
Anna’s top tips to lead a more sustainable life
- Start small – don’t try and do everything at once. Pick something like food, fashion, waste or transportation and go from there
- You don’t have to be perfect – I eat a plant-free diet which being an Italian was so hard. Diogo and I don’t buy in animal-based products, but I don’t beat myself up if I eat a plant-based product while I am out.
- Swap your plastic toothbrush for a bamboo one, use toothpaste tabs and shampoo bars
- Make your Mondays meatless. Cutting meat from your diet on a Monday is a fun way to refresh your menu and cut your carbon footprint
- Buy a Guppyfriend – a washing bag that collects all the synthetic fibres from your washing, stopping them from going into the ocean.
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