So, the next time city planners consider where to build roads based on travel patterns, where to target health awareness based on eating habits, and how to protect the local environment based on packaging rubbish, the chances are that the information on that plastic loyalty card found in your purse or wallet will help to inform their decisions.
I have been in the civil service for 23 years, but my compensation [redundancy] package is rubbish.
Rubbish bins Don't leave packaging for your shiny new TV by the rubbish bins - it will only highlight that you something worth stealing.
So are all packaged current accounts rubbish?
These homeless, unidentifiable objects give way to beach shelters and grandiose buildings made from cardboard packaging, sweet wrappers and rubbish.
At Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, until 15 January Hans Schabus: Remains of the Day This Viennese artist has collected all his domestic rubbish over a year, catalogued and packaged it as art.
But rumours that no fewer than three firms were considering a bid for Pactiv, an American packaging company which counts "Hefty" rubbish bags among its brands, caused the price of its shares to leap by over a fifth earlier this month.
More products could be made out of plastics which can be composted on an industrial scale, including rubbish bags for organic waste and food packaging for outdoor events, canteens and fast food outlets.
We must address issues of quality: There is an awful lot of really rubbish stuff out there heavily marketed and packaged for early years.
Sean's no-waste ethos doesn't end there: plastic packaging, food containers, wire and other rubbish make great moulds.
Ask a local shop for some cardboard packaging most places have lots of rubbish boxes they send away and don't mind giving them away for free.
