A bigger problem is that most online retailers don't want the hassle of 27 different consumer-protection laws, VAT rules, electronic waste regulations and postal systems.

This is because new regulations, due to come into force in 2011, will require crematoriums to filter out toxic substances such as dioxins and mercury from waste gases.

As part of USAP regulations, we need to haul out all of our solid human waste (in some places, like the environmentally sensitive Dry Valleys, even all liquid waste needs to be packed out).