Tesco to install coin trolley system following complaints

In April, Greenham Parish councillors including Julian Swift-Hook (Lib Dem, Greenham) and Billy Drummond (Lib Dem, Greenaham) said that something needed to be done to stop trolleys being dumped in local public places.
Mr Drummond said that, on several occasions over many years, he had spoken to the management at Tesco to ask them to make sure that their trolleys were collected. Now Tesco spokeswoman, Lizzie Roberts, said that the store was going to try to do more to control the problem.
She said: “We work hard to ensure that our trolleys are collected and secured every night.
“In Newbury, we have installed a magnetic field that stops trolleys being taken beyond the store perimeter and we also plan to introduce trolleys that require a pound coin or token to release the trolley, to further reduce the number being taken.
“In spite of these measures, some people do still manage to remove trolleys from our stores and we are grateful to customers who make us aware of abandoned trolleys, as it enables us to collect them quickly.”
She added that she was unsure when exactly the new coin operated trolley system would be installed but that it would be sometime over the summer.