I LIVE in Yorkshire but spend a great deal of time in Malvern and regularly read your publication. I have followed with great interest, and quite an amount of disbelief, the argument about the possible introduction of wheelie bins.

It seems to me, the problem with Malvern folk is that they are frightened of change. My council introduced wheelie bins five years ago and the advantages are clear to see.

The wheelie bins hold two-and-a-half times more refuse than the average dustbin. They remove the need to issue bin- liners, which must be expensive and a drain on the council's budget. The hinged lids stop vermin and dogs and cats rifling through the refuse. The refuse collectors no longer have to handle rubbish, with the bins hooking to a lifting device on the rear of the bin wagon - this is a great improvement to working conditions and health and safety.

Many a Monday I have walked down Pound Bank and seen the rubbish in the bin bags left out for collection. Many of these bags have been split and the rubbish spews out onto the pavement, rubbish that remains on the pavement, adding to the litter problem and becoming an invitation to rats.

Wheelie bins contain the rubbish and they do not have to remain on the pavement all week long. Back home, the rubbish is collected on the Thursday, we place our bins on the pavement outside our properties in the morning and then replace them in the evening. Not too difficult and if this is the only argument that anybody has against wheelie bins, then they are pretty damn lazy.

Wheelie bins are great. Don't be such luddites. It's called progress, give it a go.

GRAHAM SCAIFE, Cowling, Keighley, West Yorkshire.