Sir, – I was most impressed by Rodney Needham's suggestion in your letter column regarding the colour-banding of plastic as an aid to recycling (January 3rd). There is one small detail that he has overlooked, however, and it's a problem regularly encountered by all of those people who are colour blind and unable to distinguish between reds, browns, greens, etc.
I often wonder whether glass manufacturers have ever considered the conundrum this causes for the environmentally friendly individual when they visit their local bottle bank! – Yours, etc,
DEE DELANY,
Raheny,
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Dublin 5.