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Keep Framingham Beautiful warns shopping carts are widespread, urges retailer cooperation
Summary
Volunteers told the Framingham City Environmental Subcommittee that shopping carts from multiple retailers are regularly found in wetlands, bus stops and private property; volunteers and a private cart-recovery industry offer solutions while DPW and retailers cite limits.
Keep Framingham Beautiful volunteers told the Framingham City Environmental Subcommittee on March 3 that shopping carts from multiple regional retailers are appearing across the city — in wetlands, behind businesses and at bus stops — and that local volunteers have collected, documented and relayed cart locations to stores and third‑party recovery firms.
The issue has broader consequences because many of the carts end up rusting in wetlands, blocking sidewalks and collecting trash, Deborah Kaplan, a Keep Framingham Beautiful volunteer, said. “The issue of wayward or errand shopping carts really turns out to be a bigger problem than most people are aware,” Kaplan told the subcommittee.
Kaplan outlined where volunteers have found carts — Route 30 near…
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