Alastair Instone openly admits that his job is rubbish.  He works within the most authentically green office in central London where everything has been reclaimed from a tip.  The telephones, stationery, office chairs, desks, office plants, mugs and even the teabags!

"I'm not really in the mould of a traditional rag-and-bone man,"

says Alistair a well spoken, 27 year old graduate in geography who works as an IT manager at a waste removal company.

"But having kitted out virtually my entire Clapham flat with other people's rubbish furniture, rugs, pictures and lights, I'm also quite happy to wear rubbish designer clothes and underwear (today, he's modelling a second-hand designer jacket, but we don't delve into his underwear), drink out of rubbish cups and listen to my rubbish stereo. Although I've never constructed an entire meal out of other people's cast-offs, a bottle of vinegar two days past its sell-by date from a shop clearance, or some jars of coffee and tins from an office, are simply a fantastic perk as far as I'm concerned. And before you ask, yes, the office jokes have already been recycled many times," he adds whilst grinning.

"I have a long list of requests starting with top-of-the-range TV's, good stereos and expensive wardrobes and if my friends like calling me 'the rubbish man', it certainly doesn't stop them queuing up to pay £10 or £20 for someone else's rubbish office furniture. I don't think I've ever been so popular."

Alastair’s life may not be the norm, and he is not a regular type of guy, but he is definitely living up to his green lifestyle.