AS admirable as councillor Scott's 'War on Litter' will be, cuts to recycling made by her own council, and which are all part and parcel of the litter problem, suggest that Wiltshire Council are not really bothered.

I pick litter in my community. It is sad to say that one hour's roadside litter picking could produce 12 to 15 carrier bags of assorted metal, cans, bottles, paper and even nappies.

At home, I would sort and recycle the rubbish, with non recyclables going in my own bin.

I should point out at this point that unlike most other countries, Wiltshire residents can only recycle the most basic items.

Once my own recycling bins were full, the excess I could walk to my village recycling point.

Like most Wiltshire villages, the local recycling bins have now been removed to save money.

I am afraid that I am not prepared to fill my car with somebody else's stinking waste and drive it into Salisbury, so what does councillor Scott suggest I do please?

Before someone tells me that I can apply for additional bins, I made a written application for a second grey bin in July 2011, and at the time of writing, am still waiting for any kind of response. With the coming of chargeable green bins, the problem will yet again be enhanced, as people will now fly tip their garden waste rather than pay for its removal.

Councillor Scott says herself that people need educating, but cannot see that proper investment in recycling, and waste management will gradually improve the mindset of those who litter and fly tip, whereas cuts to the recycling budget give a 'we don't care' impression, and will have the opposite effect.

Chris White

Downton