Graham

Well Onyx are actually going to start doorstep collections of paper and card soon I am told- but it is far too little too late. In the meantime if you want to know where your nearest recycling point is check out the Green Party website at www.sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk Graham

I don't think Sheffield is forward looking at all. The city centre developments are just to attract the same old shops that can be found in every city centre. Environmentally we are going backwards- instead of improving recycling we are investing in a massive new incinerator to burn our rubbish, producing dioxins that give people cancer. Sheffields strength is its local communities- this is where the investment should be going. Local shopping centres, not Meadowhell. We need to encourage people to shop locally and avoid having to travel so much.We need to encourage local businesses, not rely on footloose multinational "inward investment". Sorry to rant! Graham

It's not just the litter that has led to the council getting a low score for the environment. Sheffield is home to the most polluting incinerator in the country at Bernard Road and a toxic waste dump at Shirecliffe. We have one of the worst recycling rates in the country.Our environmental record is so atrocious it dosen't deserve the score of 1! I think we need some Green Councillors to wake the old parties out of their complacency. Graham

I am not offended at people of either sex enjoying the pleasures of the body- but Spearmint Rhino is part of a global operation that exploit women and treat them like pocessions. Other buisinesses in the Cultural Industry Quarter have said they will move out if Global Pimp moves in. The way they have advertised themselves shows they are simply about degrading women. I am not being a spoil sport-I know that the best sexual pleasure you can have is from a faithful relationship where both partners treat each other with respect, not as mere sex toys. Graham

I think Spearmint Rhino will bring down the tone of Sheffield. At chucking out time we will have lots of sexually frustrated men leaving the area looking for relief. Women are right to fear an increase in sexual assaults. Other towns like Blackpool have succeeded in preventing Spearmint Rhino from opening. The protest on Saturday from 7pm outside the new club in Brown Street will be the first stage of preventing them succeeding in Sheffield. Graham