Environmentally Conscious Woman’s Handbag Now Full Of Bits Of Rubbish She Forgot To Throw Out

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | Contact

A woman who’s suddenly been hit with her quarterly urge to get her life together has decided it might be time to deal with the rubbish she’s been hoarding in various corners of her life, starting with her handbag.

Naomi Patton, 31, estimates there could be at least three months’ worth of gum wrappers, shopping receipts, and crumpled tissue packets sitting at the very bottom.

She says that while she isn’t the tidiest person in the world, she refuses to be the kind of person who drops litter in public.

The result, however, is that her personal spaces, including her overstuffed bedroom bin, the passenger seat of her Toyota Corolla, and her old Collette Dinnigan handbag have gradually become holding zones for scraps of plastic, paper, and other bits she intends to throw out later but rarely does.

Naomi suspects she may have picked up the habit from her mum, who still has Woolies receipts from three years ago and several cafe royalty cards she never uses.

More to come.