Green Party campaigner Rob White has pledged to go for a whole year producing less than one wheelie bin of unrecyclable rubbish. He told us: "Obviously that doesn't include our election material. It might be rubbish, but it is recyclable."

The Green Goblin urges residents to look carefully at what they throw away and what can be reused: "I'm a keen user of the Freecycle web site that allows people to give away things that they no longer require rather than see them end up in landfill, although my freeuseddeoderantcans group hasn't had many takers."

Mr. White is also considering unwrapping goods in the supermarket before he buys them. "I'm going to take the lentils out of their packaging and put them back on the shelves. It's cruel the way they treat them and we should all be demanding free range lentils. Vegetable Rights for all!"