競標清除流氓購物小鎮

在抱怨在檸檬河和鎮上其他地區放棄購物手推車之後，牛頓住品鎮議會呼籲超市巨頭阿斯達

Newton Abbot is plagued by abandoned shopping trolleys and now the town council has called on supermarket giant Asda to honour its pledge to round up the rogue items.

牛頓阿伯特（Newton Abbot）受到廢棄的購物手推車的困擾，現在鎮議會呼籲超市巨頭阿斯達（Asda）兌現其構成流氓物品的承諾。

The matter was raised at a meeting of the full council when members heard from resident Tom Pearce.

此事是在整個理事會的一次會議上提出的，當時成員們聽到居民湯姆·皮爾斯（Tom Pearce）的消息。

In a letter to the Clerk Phil Rowe he wrote: “In light of the continuous issue of abandoned trolleys in the River Lemon and hedgerows around the town, will Newton Abbot Town Council formally request Asda Supermarkets add a coin return mechanism and connecting chains to their trolleys?

他在給店員菲爾·羅（Phil Rowe）的一封信中寫道：“鑑於在鎮上檸檬河和樹籬的連續問題，威爾·牛頓阿伯特鎮議會正式要求Asda Supermarkets增加了硬幣返回機制，並將鏈條連接到他們的鏈條上手推車？

“A similar system is used at the Lidl store in Kingsteignton and prevents this antisocial behaviour issue.”

“在金斯蒂頓的Lidl商店使用類似的系統，並防止了這種反社會行為問題。”

After debating the matter it was agreed a letter be sent to the firm, insisting that it tidy up its act.

在辯論此事之後，已同意將一封信發送給公司，並堅持認為其行為使其整理。

Within days a response was received and although Asda has ruled out a coin-return scheme it has provided information about the measures it has in place, including the magnetic wheel lock that should operate when a trolley is taken off site.

在幾天之內收到了響應，儘管ASDA排除了一項返回的硬幣計劃，但它提供了有關其所採用的措施的信息，包括當將手推車從現場取下時應該運行的磁輪鎖。

A spokesman said: “We have a trolley retention system in place on the car park of our Newton Abbot store, as well as a service agreement with Collex who collect any abandoned trolleys free of charge.

一位發言人說：“我們在牛頓倉庫商店的停車場上設有一個手推車保留系統，以及與Collex的服務協議，他們免費收集任何廢棄的手推車。

“While we know that the majority of our customers take care of our trolleys, if anyone spots one where it shouldn't be, they can let us know by calling 0800 1860 600, emailing customer.services.newtonabbot@asda.co.uk, or by downloading the Collex App, so the trolley can be collected as soon as possible.”

“雖然我們知道大多數客戶會照顧我們的手推車，但如果有人在不應該的地方找到一個，他們可以通過致電0800 1860 600來通知我們。 ，或通過下載Collex應用程序，因此可以盡快收集手推車。”

Mr Rowe was not hugely impressed with the statement.

羅先生對這一說法並沒有給人留下深刻的印象。

He said: “The firm claims it has a system in place but clearly it hasn't been working as well as it could.

他說：“該公司聲稱它已經有一個系統，但顯然它的運行狀況還不夠。

“It's a shame that it has to be the public that picks up the baton on this but at least we now know how to get abandoned trolleys removed.”

“令人遺憾的是，必須成為對此接力棒的公眾，但至少我們現在知道如何被拋棄的手推車被撤離。”