I thoroughly sympathise with Mrs Joan Holland's misgivings about the imposition of wheelie bins (Your Letters, August 19).

Having recently seen the way they have desecrated the pretty Devon town of Totnes, and listened to the complaints and anxieties of many of its residents about their inconvenience, I do hope that Ledbury and Malvern will show a more enlightened way with rubbish disposal.

Obviously the question of household waste needs tackling, but to substitute one form of environment pollution for another is not the answer.

Suzette A Hill, Belle Orchard Lane, Ledbury.