Laura Tobin sifts through recycling bins at parties and train stations to sort the rubbish

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Good Morning Britain meteorologist Laura Tobin has written a brand new book about how we can change every day to save the planet – and she’s doing it by sifting through other people’s recycling bins.

Laura Tobin has admitted she’s so serious about recycling and putting waste in the ‘right’ bins that she’s often rummaged through her friends’ bins at parties.

The 40-year-old meteorologist shared the confession during a candid chapter in her brand new book on climate change, Every Day Ways To Save Our Planet.

The ITV star has detailed the best ways to reduce waste at parties and admitted she’s been caught rummaging through bins on several parties over the years while her friends enjoy the atmosphere .

In her brand new book, Laura shares clever ways readers can help save the planet by making small daily changes, and the TV star swears by her trash hack while throwing parties for her daughter. , Charlotte, 4 years old.

The proud mum-of-one explained: “We may have the best intentions to be zero waste, but a party will always create waste.

“Make it easy for people to know where to put their food scraps and anything recyclable to avoid it all ending up in the same bin and ending up who’s for trash, who’s for food waste and who’s for the recycling.

“I’ve even rummaged through other people’s trash cans at parties to sort their trash,” she added.

Laura is so dedicated to the cause of recycling that she has even searched the bins at her local train station.

The climate crisis advocate admitted she couldn’t help but feel frustrated when she saw passers-by throwing recyclable waste into a normal bin.

The meteorologist shared a number of shocking statistics in her new book – one in particular which stated that the UK only recycles 47% of its plastic waste.

Laura says that because of this, if she buys plastic items, she waits until she gets home to dispose of it properly amid fears if she were to throw it away in a public place, it would end up in the wrong trash can.

“It’s no surprise that me doing this annoys my husband,” Laura wrote.

“Especially if we buy something while we’re out, I have to carry it around until we get home because most cities and towns don’t have recycling bins yet.

“I can’t bring myself to put recyclables in a regular bin because I know they will end up in a landfill.

“Before Covid I even used to take things out of the regular bin at the station and put them in the recycling bin they actually provide there.”

Throughout her informative book on climate change, Laura insisted that she would do everything in her power to make the world a better place for her daughter, and hopes that over time the damage to the planet can one day be repaired by the actions of people who take respect for the environment seriously.

Laura Tobin: Everyday Ways to Save Our Planet, RRP £14.99, Mirror Books. Ordered, here.

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