Green Daily

When it comes to the three R's, I'm about as gung-ho as it gets. Still, there are useful things that have been discarded ... and then there's junk. While there are some pretty good uses for junk these days, like building boats, and even fueling a Honda Accord -- one R that often gets tragically overlooked is Reduce. Never does that fact seem more obvious than in the case of hoarder Gordon Stewart, 74, who police believe died as a result of his improper garbage disposal habits.

According to a story in the Telegraph, Stewart rode his bike (bonus points for carbon friendly travel) through town often, collecting cardboard boxes full of junk and taking them back home. Police were called when neighbors noticed that they hadn't seen Stewart in a few days. When police entered his home, they found that every spare inch had been crammed full -- and that Steward had created an elaborate network of tunnels to get around.

The stench was apparently so bad that police called in the Specialist Search and Recovery Team -- a team that usually deals with underwater searches or contaminated sites. Authorities believe that Stewart died of dehydration, after being trapped in his own Garbage.

[via Boing Boing]