This is an interesting concept for a reality show:

Eleven unsuspecting volunteers are left marooned on one of Britain’s biggest landfill sites for three weeks. Their challenge? To survive off the rubbish the rest of us have thrown out.

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How will they react when they are delivered to a huge, smelly British landfill site instead of paradise? And, how will our volunteers cope when brought face to face with the sheer scale of the typical British landfill?

It’s like Survivor: Landfill, minus Jeff Probst. Also, smellier. And no million-dollar prize at the end. Also, no one gets kicked off. OK, it’s not like Survivor at all. But it still looks deliciously trashy …

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