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Paul Pigott and<\/p>\n

Jordan DaviesBBC Wales, Newport<\/p>\n

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Dumped trolleys have a “negative visual impact”, contribute to antisocial behaviour and harm the environment, Newport council says<\/p>\n

Supermarkets face having to fork out \u00a3100 to get back dumped trolleys in a city trying to tackle its fly-tipping problem. <\/p>\n

“A scourge on our landscape,” is how Newport deputy leader Deb Davies described fly-tipped carts, saying they encourage bad behaviour, harm wildlife and damage waterways.<\/p>\n

The council is giving shops six weeks to collect the trolleys it retrieves – for a \u00a3100 fee – or be billed for their disposal. <\/p>\n

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) called on consumers to bring back their trolleys and for the public to report trolley dumping incidents. <\/p>\n

The council said it was “sick and tired” of fly-tipping and did not want to spend money “cleaning up other people’s illegally dumped mess”.<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s an increasing amount of trolleys – we absolutely need them removed, we need to take a firm stance on that,” Ms Davies added. <\/p>\n

The new fees – which the city believes will be more appealing to businesses than paying between \u00a3120 and \u00a3200 for a new trolley – were approved on Thursday following a consultation and report<\/a> from the council’s climate change, waste and recycling committee.<\/p>\n

Ms Davies said any revenue from fining supermarkets will go back into fighting fly-tipping in the city.<\/p>\n

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Newport deputy leader Deb Davies says young people are riding on abandoned trolleys<\/p>\n

“I think people tend to take the shopping home, and they just abandon the trolley.<\/p>\n

“Kids think it’s a nice thing to go and have a ride on,” she said.<\/p>\n

“They just disappear from supermarkets, and supermarkets need to take accountability and responsibility.”<\/p>\n

Celia Jeffries, 70, agreed, saying trolley dumping is a big problem.<\/p>\n

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Celia says customers should take their trolleys back<\/p>\n

“You do see shopping trolleys just thrown on the side of the road or just left everywhere,” she said. <\/p>\n

“I don’t see why it’s a problem putting them back when you’ve done your shopping.” <\/p>\n

Omo Vigho, 30 an international student in Newport said he sees dumped trolleys all the time.<\/p>\n

“I put the food in my car and I return [my trolley] back to where it’s meant to be kept,” he said.<\/p>\n

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People who dump trolleys are “defacing” Newport, says international student Omo<\/p>\n

“These people are bringing [trolleys] out here, it’s not nice, they are defacing the place,” he said.<\/p>\n

Charging supermarkets for dumped trolleys, “is a good idea”, he added.<\/p>\n

Newport council said it would look to collaborate with Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to recover trolleys from rivers, as it “cannot assume responsibility for recovery operations” due to a lack of resources.<\/p>\n

The environmental watchdog said responsibility for removing waste from rivers fell to the landowner.<\/p>\n

A NRW spokesperson said: “We are working hard to try to keep waste out of rivers to the best of our ability, but there is no simple solution to this societal challenge.<\/p>\n

“We need a collaborative and catchment-wide solution, with a mixture of better waste management, enforcement and education – not something any one organisation can do alone.”<\/p>\n

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Newport council is giving shops six weeks to collect the trolleys it retrieves – for a \u00a3100 fee – or be billed for their disposal<\/p>\n

After a consultation, the council said it had a response from one retail chain, B&M.<\/p>\n

B&M said it acknowledged the issue but preferred the term “stolen” trolleys which it said were a very small percentage of trolleys used.<\/p>\n

The BRC said people can help by telling their local store about abandoned trolleys or reporting them on the Trolleywise app<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“Retailers are responsible for retrieving abandoned trolleys and encourage the public to report any sightings,” a BRC spokesperson said. <\/p>\n

“Customers must return their trolleys after shopping so others can use them, and they do not harm the local environment,” they added. <\/p>\n

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