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File picture of bin-mad William Bateman is collected from school by a brand new Biffa bin lorry. See Masons story MNBIN; An autistic schoolboy with a passion for recycling is now hoping to clean up with his own kid's TV show - which could be shown on NETFLIX. William Bateman, nine, bought a full-size rusting bin lorry from Ebay for £3,500 last year on his mum's credit card while her back was turned. Horrified Fleur Bateman managed to get a refund after realising what he had done. But since then she has helped William develop his passion for all things recycling and he has now created environmental hero Burt the Binman. Mum and son joined forces to write a book called 'Burt's Day Off', published in April last year, which has already sold more than 2500 copies. They now hoping their character will move to the small screen and be as big as Bob the Builder. The family, from St Neots, Cambs., have been working with animation company IG Media and have made a Burt the Binman pilot episode. But they have been told the TV industry prefers to buy-in completed projects rather than develop them themselves from pilots. Amazingly, Netflix have told the family if they can create a series they would be feature it on their site. The Batemans hope to raise £35,000 in the next 15 days through a crowdfunding campaign launched to raise enough to create the first proper episode. 17 June 2015