I'm glad to see Pam Doodes, leader of Wealden District Council, talking some common sense (The Argus, March 24). We need packaging reduced at source.

Many products have far more packaging than is necessary. Recently I ordered a microwave oven. The packaging was about 20 per cent of the total weight. Only the outer packaging could be recycled.

What has happened to this country? When I was a child and brought up on a farm eight miles outside an east coast city, it did not matter where anyone lived.

Rubbish was collected every week without fail. Everything was taken regardless of what was put out.

  • Derrick Wilkins, Gilda Crescent, Polegate