Reese "The Mommy Trash Compactor" Witherspoon

We're frankly getting really damn sick of this green trend. Sure, it's a nice idea, save the world, protect the environment, blahblahblah. But do we really need to have the Oscars declared green? Plus, that word is just so cunty. Green. Maybe we'll start a movement to go purple. It will involve people pretending to be Prince. Think of the whimsy! So it's sort of refreshing to hear that Reese Witherspoon isn't jumping on Hollywood's latest trend, deforestation be damned! Our own energy-saving consultant, FemaleFirst, reports:

Reese Witherspoon is obsessed with "trash".

The 'Legally Blonde' actress often sneaks out in the middle of the night to check on her neighbours' garbage.

She said: "I'm very obsessed with trash. I like to throw a lot of things away, particularly at Christmas. It makes me a little crazy when the trash is overflowing. I put on rubber boots and I literally get into the trash can and stomp on it.

"My son Deacon calls me 'The Mommy Trash Compactor'! Sometimes I'll sneak and look at the neighbours' garbage cans and see if it's kind of empty. I'll wait, literally until the middle of the night when the children are asleep, and I'll take my extra garbage and I'll put it in the can!"

The 31-year-old beauty also revealed her bizarre obsession runs in the family.

She added to US TV chat show host Ellen DeGeneres: "At Christmas time, I was talking to my brother, and I was like, 'Sometimes I sneak out the garbage and I put it in other people's cans.'

"And he goes, 'So do I!' I'm so embarrassed, but it's so true. I just feel better after telling someone!"

We just saw the trailer for Penelope last night, and we were going to make a joke about trash and the movie (there would have probably been a reference to used kitty litter in there somewhere), but we've decided that would just be too easy. So make up your own damn joke. C'mon, it'll be fun. See how many Reese movies you can compare to items of refuse. We suggest you start with Overnight Delivery. Just ignore the fact that it costars Paul Rudd. He's made mistakes. Big, Eva Longoria-shaped mistakes.