Angry residents have expressed frustration over shopping carts being dumped into a suburban park canal.
Photos of the abandoned carts were posted to a community Facebook group in Canberra on Monday.
About 20 cars were seen dumped in shallow water at the John Knight Memorial Park in Belconnen, about 9 kilometers northwest of Canberra’s financial district.
The trolleys are understood to have come from the Coles store in the nearby Westfield Belconnen shopping centre.
“This is why we can’t have nice things,” the Facebook post reads.
“I’m not sure if it’s parenting, but since my kids pick up trash when they see it on an outing, I’m sure there’s a sense of being raised right that prevents these things later on.
‘Please remember that we all live here and share these spaces. It is not turned on.
Group members expressed their exasperation in the comments.
Shocking photos were posted to a community Facebook group in Canberra on Monday showing shopping carts dumped into a canal in a park in the city’s northwest.
‘Brain cells are becoming less common. “Common sense no longer exists,” wrote a Facebook community about photos of abandoned supermarket carts.
‘Sadly, Canberra is becoming a rubbish dump. “People don’t seem to care anymore,” one wrote.
‘Brain cells are becoming less common. “Common sense no longer exists,” wrote a second.
‘So much for returning coins/tokens!’ another wrote.
One member of the group had a novel idea to punish the perpetrators.
‘It’s because no one stops the criminals or says anything. There is no punishment. “We should make them swim for them and eliminate them all without help from others,” one wrote.
Another had a very succinct description: ‘Crazy jobs!’
The Coles Belconnen store manages its own trolley collection and runs daily street runs, plus the trolleys have a coin locking system.
The strollers were removed from the park on Monday.
Earlier this year, the ACT Government posted about the issue of abandoned shopping carts and provided a link where abandoned carts can be reported.
A Coles spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia: “We provide trolleys to our customers for their convenience and spend a significant amount on their maintenance each year, which includes the cost of having teams on the road collecting those that have been removed from our stores. “. .
“Abandoned trolleys are a nuisance to local communities and we are continually working to improve this situation in all our stores, including regularly collecting abandoned trolleys with vehicles on the road.”
“We are always re-evaluating our cart management and taking local feedback into account when deciding what methods to employ in any of our stores, including the use of coin locks and electronic wheel locking systems.”
The Canberra-based website riot police reported that Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS) removes around 30 shopping carts from waterways, lakes and ponds each month.