A Liverpool area has become blighted by abandoned shopping trolleys being dumped in the street.
People living in Speke said they are "sick to death" of trolleys from local shops like Morrisons being left outside their homes, blocking driveways and causing damage to cars. The trolleys are being used by some residents to take their shopping home with them, but many are not returned and are instead left on grass verges, outside houses and in the middle of the street.
People have reported some trolleys being used to collect household rubbish and garden waste, while others have been thrown on top of bonfires.
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One woman, who did not want to be named, told the ECHO: "I'm sick to death of coming out to go to work in the morning or of a night and there's two or three trolleys behind my car and I've got to go and take them back.
"Sometimes when we're coming home from work someone has left a trolley on the driveway and we have to get out to move the trolley to park the car. We've had our cars damaged with them and everything.
"I've had to take three or four trolleys back from behind my car back to Morrisons. They're absolutely everywhere. You see them on bonfires and everything, it's ridiculous.
"You see people filling them up with rubbish and then leaving them on grass verges, they're just everywhere."
The mum-of-two said a man who works at Morrisons is often seen collecting trolleys from around the area and returning them to the store. She added: "I feel sorry for the guy that's coming down to collect them we see him every week. He can collect at least 60 trolleys and you see him pushing them all the way back to Morrisons."
Sharing a series of photos of abandoned and burnt out trolleys on Facebook this summer, Merseyside Police said: "This is what happens when supermarket trolleys are not returned back to store you got them from. Once you have finished with your trolley can it please be returned."
The ECHO previously reported that a child was taken to hospital after suffering serious burns when a shopping trolley from a suspected makeshift bonfire fell on top of them on Hale Drive in Speke in November 2019.
Dozens of residents have taken to Facebook in recent months to complain about the issue, which is affecting roads across the area including Eastern Avenue, Western Avenue and Rycot Road. One man said: "If you can’t return shopping trolleys don’t take them.
"Rycot Road/Bray Road/Clough Road and Tarbock Road area there are 7!!"
In response to the post, one woman said: "We live in a selfish society I’m afraid."
Another man said: "Looks like the trolley epidemic is back again."
A Morrisons spokesperson said: "We’re also concerned about abandoned trolleys. We do our best to collect them as soon as the public reports them. We urge customers not to use trolleys to take their shopping home with them."
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