READING that bin collections could be reduced by City of York Council to once every four weeks (The Press, December 10), I recall also reading that rodent and pest control operations within the council could be reduced.

Could I suggest that this not to be the way forward. With the build-up of rubbish left for such a long time, this service is going to be needed and these important officers within this service will in all likelihood have to widen their operations within the city.

Keith Chapman, Custance Walk, York.