Sir – As Oxfordshire’s councils have announced a huge increase in the collection of litter this summer, surely it is now time for local and central Government to come up with a strategy to combat this blight on our communities and countryside?

A good starting point would be for England to follow Northern Ireland and Wales and introduce a small levy on carrier bag use.

This would greatly reduce the number of carrier bags being used and raise much-needed funds for the environment.

Perhaps then we would no longer see plastic bags blowing around our streets or hanging from trees and hedgerows?

Paul Hughes, Carterton