We believe it was short-sighted to close the Marchbanks Recycling and Civic Amenity Centre.

Closed by the City Council in 2013, it means that residents in areas like Downfield, St Mary's, Kirkton and Ardler in the north-west of the city have to travel all the way to Riverside or Baldovie - some miles away - to get to the only major recycling/civic amenity sites left in the city.

This causes great inconvenience to residents in the area and it also makes no environmental sense to have more cars having to drive miles to Whitfield or the West End from the area just to get to one of the main recycling sites.

We therefore call on Dundee City Council to re-open Marchbanks to the public or provide a facility similar to Baldovie/Riverside that is convenient to people in the north west of Dundee.