I refer to your front page story will change be a load of rubbish' in your October 26 2006 edition, which was very accurately reported.

Spelthorne Borough Council has taken its time in deciding how to tackle the very sensitive area of rubbish collection and the task group visited many boroughs which already operate systems in order to be aware of the pitfalls.

Each bin will be collected fortnightly.

The use of larger size bins was finally agreed to ensure the bulk of rubbish was collected rather than fly-tipped.

I am writing this letter because I have received many letters from residents in my ward who believe it will cause a problem.

I wish to assure the residents in properties that are unsuitable for the main system that different systems may have to be designed to resolve their particular problem. This has been recognised by the improvement and development committee chaired by Councillor J D Packman and an attempt will be made to reach a satisfactory conclusion for these when the system rolls out.

Your own ward councillor will help you, as they always strive to do.

The Waste Minimisation Act 1998 seems to have lost its way with the New Labour Government and it needs to be reviewed urgently.

It seems to have lost favour to penalising local government with fines for not reaching Government set recycling performance management targets (a system designed to reward those meeting targets not penalise).

Spelthorne residents have always wanted to recycle.

Some products are actually designed with limited life as their main feature - what a swindle.

I only have to remind residents of the mobile phone and light bulbs to illustrate the point.

All products and packaging should be designed with recycling in mind.

In addition if industry had to use recycled, instead of new material that was the purpose of this act, then a market for recycled material would be quickly established as it has been in Japan.

Do you remember our old rag and bone man. A modern version would be knocking on your door to buy your recyclable material?

Where there is muck there is brass, so the saying goes.

Using root cause analysis it is obviously the direction Government should be going not treating the symptoms instead of the disease'.

You can only recycle what industry will use but prevention is better than cure.

COUN JACK PINKERTON Stanwell North ward