Eco special: Old clothes and toys for this boy

Liu Wen-Hsin, 30, with Spencer, two, and Marcus Lowe, 31, in their Clementi HDB flat. Ms Liu and her husband decided early on to go for reusable diapers as disposable ones are not environment-friendly.

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SINGAPORE - Stay-at-home mum Liu Wen Hsin keeps a spreadsheet of the exact number of toys her two-year-old son, Spencer, has in his playroom.

There are 52, of which 32 are in play. The rest, which are not as age-appropriate, are kept in storage and will be swopped with the existing ones when he gets older.

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