I had an idea the other day.

Our local council has been reorganizing waste disposal. Much bigger recycling bin, to minimise landfill. Part one of my idea is that landfill is bad. Part two involves the fact that in places like Brazil and India there are people who live in appalling conditions. They live off landfill.

We could spend a minimal amount of money whacking up heaps of prefab shacks near our landfill, give them sewerage and running water, and import the kind of unfortunates you'd see on World Vision adverts.

Living in the prefabs would likely already be a big imporvement to their quality of life. And they could rummage through our high-class rubbish instead of crappy thirld world rubbish. People can live on rubbish in India, and we throw away much more here. Then you could get a bit advanced and pay them for metal and recyclable plastics. Our landfill would really be reduced.

It's wrong... and it gets wrong-er when you realise it really would be a better life for some people.