It's a problem that blights towns across the country - postmen dropping rubber bands used to hold bundles of letters together on the streets.
Now one retired teacher has decided to take a stand - collecting 3,000 of them over three years to shame the Royal Mail.
Keith Neal noticed large numbers of rubber bands left on the streets near his home in Hale, near Altrincham, Greater Manchester.
The retired teacher soon realised the culprits were postal staff who dropped them as they sorted through bundles of letters for posting.
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