A couple from a small town in Hampshire paid for their honeymoon flights by collecting and recycling litter. John and Ann Till spent nearly three months collecting thousands of bottles and cans and took them to an automated recycling machine at their local Tesco supermarket.
John and Ann stumbled across the idea when they went to fill up their car at their local Tesco supermarket. For a trail period at the store, automated recycling machines had been installed, which gave users 1 point for every four items they recycled.
Each point the couple made was converted into BA air miles and the couple amassed a massive 36,000 air miles in three months. The air miles were used to fly the couple back business class from their honeymoon in the US.
The couple searched for hours a week and collected bottles and cans off the street and from friends and family. They also maximised their points by cutting cans and bottles in half as they posted up to 600 items at a time.
The couple married in August and travelled around the US on their honeymoon before taking their free business class flights home. The couple added that it was funny to think that litter louts of their town had paid for their flight home.