Councillor Paul Elgood accuses me of lying about Brighton and Hove Lib Dems in saying they supported the waste contract (Letters, March 20).

They have made no attempt to argue for alternative plans or even question the incineration-led direction of the waste strategy.

In fact, they have said they have so little time they see no alternative - but this may be opposition in Lib Dem-speak.

So, my point stands: To come out against a mixed-waste, mass-burn incinerator six weeks before an election is the worst sort of vote-seeking opportunism.

-Coun Rik Child, Green Party environment spokesman, Brighton