“Save time, money and effort when buying a breadmaker by writing ‘breadmaker’ on a cardboard box, leaving it on your worktop and buying a white sliced loaf from the shop instead. William Stroker, Derry City.”

That’s taken from the letters page of 'Viz' - the comic book. Does William have a point? We buy so many electronic goods, never use them and end up hoarding them over the years. Henry McKean went to the dump to find out how wasteful are we?