SIR - The warm weather is yet to come, but I am considering the possibility of opening a maggot farm in Harestock.

Having spent a few days away from home, I was greeted by my wife with: "Can you please help me clean the bin, it's covered in maggots".

It had been raining and small white maggots could be seen climbing out of the rubbish bin and merrily making their way to the ground where they had gathered en masse in the grass.

Making a joke of the situation I told her at least we could be seen to be feeding the chicks and the resident birdlife. Her retort is unprintable.

On opening the lid of bin I was amazed at the number of maggots sitting on the bags of rubbish and particularly in the bottom of the bin, as a keen angler I would quite happily have paid £2 for the pint or so of larvae gathered within.

Food placed in bins for two weeks is a joke. Are we expected to keep all waste food products in the freezer and put them into the bins on the day of rubbish collections? This seems the only way of avoiding the maggot invasion. We have tried double bagging waste but that does not work, the flies have learnt to untie the bags and unlike the great Houdini they are experts in getting into tight spaces, not out of them!

The council officials cannot justify the stench or the by-products to be found in our bins over the coming months. Furthermore, have they even considered our refuse collectors?

If the council persists in a two-weekly rubbish collection cycle, I strongly suggest that all residents suffering the maggot dilemma collect their respective bounty and send them to the council offices and see how they enjoy the smell and sight of fly larvae crawling around their property.

Bob Bland, Upton Grey Close, Harestock.