Edmund Zygfryd Trebus (11 November 1918 – 29 September 2002)[1] was a compulsive hoarder who came to fame when he was featured on the British television documentary series A Life of Grime.

[2] Edmund Trebus was born in Ostrowo, near Danzig (Gdańsk), in what was then the newly established Weimar Republic (now Poland), on 11 November 1918, the day of the Armistice.

Trebus had been a collector all his life and he was often seen pushing a handcart filled with his latest acquisitions, which he carefully sorted into separate piles in his garden and home.

He lived in a tiny area on the ground floor of his house, surrounded by piles of rubbish, because he never threw anything away.

In the BBC documentary series A Life of Grime, Trebus was repeatedly shown arguing with council workers who had been instructed to clear his house of the 515 cu yd (394 m3) of rubbish it contained.