He hope this "Hands on" approach will help delay the evil day when local authorities, swamped by a tide of rubbish,will have to resort to more and more landfill sites-dumping it in a hole in the ground with all the ecological risks that entail. Britain produces almost 250 million tonnes of waste a year-20 million comes from hous-holds. The target is to recycle 25 percent of waste compared to six percent now.