竞标清除流氓购物小镇

在抱怨在柠檬河和镇上其他地区放弃购物手推车之后，牛顿住品镇议会呼吁超市巨头阿斯达

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.

牛顿阿伯特（Newton Abbot）受到废弃的购物手推车的困扰，现在镇议会呼吁超市巨头阿斯达（Asda）兑现其构成流氓物品的承诺。

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

此事是在整个理事会的一次会议上提出的，当时成员们听到居民汤姆·皮尔斯（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?

他在给店员菲尔·罗（Phil Rowe）的一封信中写道：“鉴于在镇上柠檬河和树篱的连续问题，威尔·牛顿阿伯特镇议会正式要求Asda Supermarkets增加了硬币返回机制，并将链条连接到他们的链条上手推车？

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

“在金斯蒂顿的Lidl商店使用类似的系统，并防止了这种反社会行为问题。”

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

在辩论此事之后，已同意将一封信发送给公司，并坚持认为其行为使其整理。

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.

在几天之内收到了响应，尽管ASDA排除了一项返回的硬币计划，但它提供了有关其所采用的措施的信息，包括当将手推车从现场取下时应该运行的磁轮锁。

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.

一位发言人说：“我们在牛顿仓库商店的停车场上设有一个手推车保留系统，以及与Collex的服务协议，他们免费收集任何废弃的手推车。

“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.”

“虽然我们知道大多数客户会照顾我们的手推车，但如果有人在不应该的地方找到一个，他们可以通过致电0800 1860 600来通知我们。 ，或通过下载Collex应用程序，因此可以尽快收集手推车。”

Mr Rowe was not hugely impressed with the statement.

罗先生对这一说法并没有给人留下深刻的印象。

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

他说：“该公司声称它已经有一个系统，但显然它的运行状况还不够。

“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.”

“令人遗憾的是，必须成为对此接力棒的公众，但至少我们现在知道如何被抛弃的手推车被撤离。”