I turn rubbish into rockets

RICARDO HALL, five, lives with his parents Olivia, 29, a retail manager and Ricardo, 39, an estate agent in North London.

RICARDO: It makes me really sad to see litter. It’s not very good for animals or sea life. I love turtles best because they are such good swimmers. So I want to save them. Instead of throwing rubbish away, I make useful things. It’s fun and it stops the rubbish hurting animals. I’ve got hundreds of models. My favourite is a rocket I made from plastic bottles. But I also stop people dropping litter. I tell my friends it’s bad. And, when I caught Mummy dropping an empty juice carton on the street the other day I told her off. MUM OLIVIA: We taught Ricardo from a very early age not to drop litter. But he’s taken it a step further. Two years ago he came up with the idea of junk modelling. Now nothing goes to waste. He spends at least five hours a week making models. They all have names and he’s very proud of them.