Abandoned Shopping Trolleys

[Electrochem]

I wish more councils would do this!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-59745453

I have seen a few supermarkets where the wheels on the trolley lock if someone tries to take them outside the perimeter of the shop. I would imagine that there is something like an induction loop that activates the lock on the wheels.

[Gromit]

If supermarkets supply trollies to attract shoppers, then 50 of them sitting in a council shed aren’t doing them much good.
The supermarket are the victim here, not the cause. They cost about £150. If a customer left the store with £150 worth of booze without paying people would think they should be fined.

[Ken4155]

Jno, i always believed trolleys bore the 'colours' of the 'stable' (Store) they belong to. Green for Aldi, Red for Sainsbury's, blue for Tesco, etc, etc, etc?

[Electrochem]

I appreciate that some people who suffer with poor health or don't have a car use a trolley to get their shopping home. If that's the case, it should be returned as soon as soon as possible and not just dumped.

Where I live cars and property have been damaged by trolleys left lying around, which then become used as playthings.

[davebro]

they often have the supermarket name/logo across the handle

[Electrochem]

davebro @ 13:23

"they often have the supermarket name/logo across the handle"

I know they do and I have often 'phoned the supermarket concerned and asked them to collect them, but they never seem to bother.