Gerald E Spicer of North Road, Upper Portslade, has the wrong month for the changed refuse rounds (Letters, June 21). The reorganised rounds will be introduced on July 29, not in June.

The rounds are being changed for good reasons, in full consultation with refuse workers. With 18 rounds, instead of 22, and each crew based in one area of the city and responsible for it, refuse collection should become more efficient and less costly.

Yes, it may be inconvenient for some residents to have their collection day changed but we would ask that residents look beyond their own streets to see how the city will benefit as a whole.

-Coun Chris Morley, Chairman of Environment, Brighton and Hove City Council