wheeling scrap away

Wheeling Scrap Away

For years, Chineham has suffered under the scourge of dumped Tesco trolleys.
Before going any further, one must repeat that the main offenders in this matter are those residents who improperly remove trolleys from the shopping centre and then, even worse, fail to take them back.
But legislation also requires that retail outlets take measures to restrict the litter imposed on the surrounding neighbourhood. Despite it's massive resources, Tesco has failed to implement satisfactory trolley capture measures at Chineham.

Morrison's and even modest operations like Lidl, do much better without making half as much noise about their environmentally responsible behaviour. Recent legislation has allowed the borough council to collect dumped trolleys and subsequently to charge the owners for cost of collection, storage and disposal. At the end of a 6 week storage period, the trolleys are disposed of as scrap.
Over the last 12 months, Tesco has regularly hit the mark of having the highest number of trolleys collected by the council and now there is a large number in storage. This has resulted in costs to Tesco of over £16,000!

This is a rather peculiar attitude for a company claiming a high environmental conscience, but also appears quite bizarre in basic "housekeeping". How do they manage to profits of over £1.4bn in only 6 months, given such irresponsibility? And the meantime, Chineham residents continue to often face an obstacle course of trolleys scattered around woodlands and footpaths.