I have received my annual council tax demand. With it was not one but three separate enclosures - each professionally designed and printed in full colour.

They seek to justify how millions of pounds of public money is being spent. How much more cost-effective, how much more sustainable if the information had been published on the internet with a simple link to the website printed on the tax demand.

For each leaflet there has been the journey from the forest to the paper mill, from the mill to the printers, the printers to the mailing house and finally, to each home. Then there are design and print costs. Who knows, if economies were made here, maybe council tax wouldn't have to rise by above-inflation rates. I wonder how many of these leaflets will simply end up in recycling bins.

  • Trevor Butler, Trevelyan Place, Haywards Heath