Cull the gulls or give us bins; VIEWPOINTS.

I AM fed up with the Seagull Dawn Chorus and the mess.

The seagull population has gone up 100%.

This problem is being exacerbated by the council as the collecting of the food bags is left until last. Sometimes it is early evening before they are collected, by which time the bags are torn apart and the food is all over the street with the birds fighting over the contents and messing all over the cars and anything that does not move. I feel there are answers, for example: Cull the sea gull population; Or provide us with wheelie bins (Pentrebane Street and neighbouring streets have so far been omitted from this programme).

As for the cost, this could be saved from the wages and time of the men who come around after the bin men as the bin men make no effort to clean as they go.

The health hazard is my worst nightmare. I left for the office at 8.45am and already the food bags had been torn open and the food was all over the street.

Given the fact it's liable to be there for at least six to l0 hours on a warm day, this seems to be a lethal mixture with regard to health.

What are the children to do in their school holidays? Play on a tip? Anita Ray Pentrebane Street Grangetown Cardiff

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A young seagull with a food recycling bag