GOING Off Going Green in last week's Wiltshire Times Letters is a sane voice in the madness of the council decisions to collect our household rubbish fortnightly.

I care for abandoned cats for a local charity and I have pet litter every week in my bin. I cannot imagine how dreadful it will smell after two weeks and will the refuse collectors be able to cope with that much anyway? It gets very heavy when wet. I don't have that much garden rubbish as I already recycle it in my own bins and spread it around the garden as a valuable mulch. For me this new scheme is unworkable.

I hope it is not too late for the council to rethink this decision before all chaos breaks loose. But, like Val Coyne and BD Marsh, I shall consider dumping bags of smelly rubbish on the doorstep of the council offices if I can't cope with the arrangements.

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In response to Val Coyne and BD Marsh's letters regarding 'Going off Going Green', I would like to agree with them about the proposed refuse collection.

I am currently recycling my glass, paper, cans and clothing and I also purchased a compost bin earlier in the summer, so in a sense I am fairly green! So, why is my large wheelie bin still almost full at the end of the week? I can honestly say I do not buy a lot of packaged food, but this is obviously a large contribution to filling the bin.

I also live by a brook, it is not only going to be the flies that are going to cause problems with the refuse being left in the garden for 14 days, I feel that we could then have a potential rat problem as well.

We are going to be among the many who will gladly take the extra refuse to the council offices, to prevent cats, foxes and stray dogs attacking bags which are propping our bin lids open. (This will give the council a good opportunity to increase our council tax bill in order to employ street cleaners).

Mrs S Penny

Trowbridge