Sir - The pilot food waste collection due in April 2009 is no loss. We in East Oxford do not need yet another bin we need a reward system for recycling and minimising refuse. We also need weekly collection of general refuse.

There is no enforcement of recycling or appropriate bag use which litter the pavements and spew out of overfilled wheelie bins.

There is no requirement for businesses to recycle when they alone could probably make the recycling numbers Ms Fooks is so keen on, soar.

There is no provision for recycling in street and park bins. Personally, as a home owner, I would happily revert to better maintained recycling points in the parking lots and have my refuse picked up weekly from one good old-fashioned bin, lined if you must, with a pink bag. It has been well demonstrated that multi-occupancy housing and other 'vulnerable' housing cannot work this system to the serious detriment to the quality of life in this otherwise attractive area. Any 'city-wide' scheme of collection would seem totally inappropriate in one that contains such diverse housing, storage space and occupancy. Think globally, yes, but act locally, very locally, please. There seems little point to recycling when you live in a refuse dump.

Melissa Perot, St Clements