WE have received a missive from Oxford City Council extolling us to recycle more waste.
It went on to say, however, that we are to be charged the sum of £35 per annum for a brown wheelie bin (and non-reusable compost bag) to put garden waste in.
We have been told that council tax would not be raised this year, but this amounts to a stealth tax increase.
The green sacks, which have been adequate for most people’s garden waste disposal, will no longer be used. So much for recycling.
ALAN JEFFCOTE, Mark Road, Headington, Oxford
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