Liberal Democrat councillor Eleanor Macy, chairman of Harlow Council's Environment & Community Committee, hit the news - being interviewed by Anglia TV about the council's proposed new policy on dealing with abandoned shopping trolleys. Eleanor said:

"Dumped shopping trolleys are something both the Council and local people want to see less of as they have such an effect on our environment. Every trolley we collect costs council taxpayers and diverts our clean-up teams from other important work. This proposal isn't about making money because we genuinely want to work positively with traders in the town to look at ways of reducing the problem. However, having the power to charge should give owners an extra incentive to do something about the problem."