From Annemieke Wigmore, Cudworth, Somerset, UK
Your article about recycling doesn't mention reuse (22 July, p 39). When you give to charity shops or buy there, things get reused as they are. No complicated processes are involved, and there is hardly any waste.
Charity shops are also a local asset. Their customers socialise more than, say, those in a supermarket. Charity shops give lonely people somewhere to hang out. They offer easy part-time voluntary jobs for those, often older, who can do with them.
