A dad has amassed the world's largest collection of empty crisp packets - by hoarding more than 14,000 bags.
Gary Key, 57, and his family munch their way through 100 bags a week and he started keeping the empty packets in 2012 because he felt guilty about sending them to landfill.
His partner Joanne Richardson soon got on board with the collection and when she passed away he vowed to continue his "daft hobby" in her memory.
The avid recycler - whose favorite flavour is Walkers Cheese and Onion - keeps hold of every bag he and his family eat.
But he also picks up any he sees discarded on the streets and in parks. The collection is kept in his shed but is getting so large that he has started to shrink the packets - by grilling them and rolling them up into tiny balls he keeps in a large tub.
Mr Key, from Cottingham, East Yorkshire, admits his habit is unusual but said he finds it comforting to continue a project he started while she was alive.
He said she called him a "nutter" for his hobby but when he suggested he might stop she told him 'you'd better not' and he kept going ever since.
Gary started collecting everything from Hula Hoops to Skips to Walkers Cheese and Onion packets in March 2012 and now has approximately 14,200.
The keen recycler's quirky pursuit aimed to stop the bags unnecessarily going to landfill, while distracting himself from partner Joanne Richardson's terminal breast cancer.
She was diagnosed in December 2009 and sadly passed away aged 43 in October 2012 - just seven months after Mr Key began collecting empty wrappers.
Mr Key and Ms Richardson were civil partners for 17 years before she died.
He was left to bring up their four children - Jordan Richardson, 24, Ashley Richardson, 21, Ryan Richardson, 19, and Alisha Key, 11.
Mr Key, who has been unemployed since 2003 following vascular surgery, used to bundle the packets in groups of 100 with elastic bands without making them into balls.
Now he spends an hour each night grilling approximately 150 packets then rolling them into balls in a process that takes 'under a minute' each.
He said: "I have not a clue how long I'm going to keep collecting them. If that's going to put a smile on someone's face that's good for me."
