DE-LIVERY.

Byline: SUE CARROLL

DESPITE recycling paper, cardboard and bottles, I now realise this is not enough.

On the point of death I must now be required, unless I specifically state otherwise, to recycle my organs - though what good my liver would be to anyone else is debatable.

While appreciating the shortage of organs, I agree with former Health Secretary John Reid, who said: "The decision should be for the conscience of the individual." Instead, what's on offer is the medical equivalent of inertia selling. If we forget to fill in a form declaring we don't want our body parts whisked away, then expect to be carved up.

Asked nicely, most of us would give our organs willingly. But when Big Brother gets bossy, we're likely to protest.