Banning plastic bags can be a lifesaver | Brief letters

Rwanda's plastic bag ban | Sugar in recipes | School funding | Autocorrect | Tessa JowellWhile "other East African nations are considering following suit" (Nairobi feels the force of world's most draconian plastic bag ban, 26 April), Rwanda banned plastic bags in 2008. Plastic bags can trap pools of water which host mosquitos so their ban helps fight malaria.Alex MortonLondono In Saturday's Feast Ottolenghi's tamarind recipes all call for added sugar, honey or syrup. Meera Sodha adds two tablespoons of palm sugar to her aubergines. My old-fashioned Indian recipe books don't add sugar at all. Even the Anna Jones lettuce recipes advise a method to make them "sweet". Is this the way to address an obese nation?Deborah van der BeekChippenham, Wiltshire Continue reading...