When the wheelie bins were delivered I rang up the cleansing department and suggested that the larger bin would not encourage people to recycle rubbish (Talking Rubbish, Evening Press, April 20).

I was told: "The people that do it now will still do it", and that was all.

I then asked: "What could I do with my old dustbin?" I was told: "Put it in the wheelie bin and it will be taken away".

I replied: "Surely it should be re-used or recycled?" and suggested three ways. The first and most obvious was for compost, but I got no reaction, nor ever saw any suggestions about what could be done with them.

Chris Titley wrote of "the security implications of leaving a bin bearing your house number in the street."

What is the point of numbering 'your' bin? It belongs to the council. Anyway, neighbours around here are very good at returning bins - usually left in the middle of the footpath - to the side of properties as soon as they are emptied.

Plastic collecting points should be provided alongside paper and bottle banks now. Kerbside recycling schemes are vital and should be extended.

Rev L S Rivett,

Ryecroft Avenue,

Woodthorpe, York.

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