Apparently the unreleased energy contained in the average dustbin each year could provide enough power for 5000 hours of TV viewing (and probably supply enough content for the schedulers at BBC3 in perpetuity). The principle of 'more is less'...
Anyone else old enough to remember when News at Ten used to end its reports with a run down of company closures and job losses at the end of the forecast? Sandy Gall or Anna Ford would gravely inform the assembled nation of the closure of a steel-works...
