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Carts Missing? Public Help Needed | Christchurch News
Councils are stuck trying to tackle the growing problem of abandoned shopping carts—over 6,000 left behind last year alone, costing retailers millions. With data locked away by private companies and retailers refusing to cooperate, a heat map solution fizzled out. Retail NZ argues carts aren’t abandoned—they’re stolen—and they’ve got their own recovery systems, but only if people report them. The fix? A public awareness campaign to get citizens talking up missing carts. If folks just speak up, retailers say they’ll retrieve them in hours—not days. It’s simple: the public needs to be the eyes…
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