An article I came across this week in the papers...its quite relevant in some way to our re:visit to the Wey and Arun Canal - pollution. Granted this type of pollution is more of an urban canal problem, and since I am focussing my self directed study next week along the Paddington branch of the Grand Union Canal, I know it to be something of a problem here. In fact just the other day I cycled past a scooter in the canal. Damn!
Ladbroke Grove Sainsbury's has recently put up bollards at the canal entrance/exit which if you have a bicycle is frustrating to get in and out but if it saves another dump in the canal then great.
So the trolley issue has now led British Waterways to set up a trolley hotline, members of the public can log into: www.britishwaterways.co.uk/trolley and let them know where they've seen a canal trolley or otherwise call them.
It's an estimated £150, 000 cost, fishing out approximately 3000 trolleys a year from canals. British Waterways conducted a survey and asked 1991 people what they thought, with 86% of them saying that the 320 supermarkets near the UK's canals should be more responsible for removing the trolleys and also be implementing more measures to keep this from happening.
The article can be found here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7907013.stm
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