| Water category: | River |
| Pressure categories | Physical modification |
| Pressure detail | Shopping trolley |
| WFD Indicators- R | Phytoplancton Macrophytes and phytobenthos Benthic invertebrate fauna Fish Composition and abundance Disturbance |
| Specific Index | No specific index |
| Brief text description | Anecdotal evidence links fish deaths to the presence of shopping trolleys. |
| Long text description | There is a rich literature describing injuries to children related to shopping trolleys, and how these might be prevented. However, evidence of the environmental impacts of trolleys abandoned in watercourses is only in grey literature and anecdotal at best. Reference 1, below, reports 23 deaths in one year, the deaths including "swans, geese and fish". Reference 2, reports on the nuisance caused by trolleys to fishermen but only attributes one fish death to the presence of a trolley and the circumstances here are somewhat unusual (see attachment). Photographs in Reference 3 apply a connection but this is not justified in the text. |
| History of development | Research has been ongoing since 2005. |
| References | 1. "Warm welcome to trolley agreement", 2003, Salisbury District Coucil (available on-line). 2. "Supermarket Trolley Dumping!! Get the full story!!", 2002, The Ogmore Angling Association (available on-line). 3. "Meet Rebecca", 2005, Water and Environment Magazine, VOl 10, No. 9 , p14-15, Boorman D B. |
| Geographical region (GIG) - R | RNO Northern RCE - Central+Baltic |
| Ecoregion - LR | 18. Great Britain |
| Country | UK United Kingdom |
| Geographical location of source data | Sub-national |
| Reference conditions | Not considered |
| Development | Existing |
| Uncertainty | Not considered |
| Link to document store | No |
| BMW Toolbox | No |
| Entry status | Unvalidated |
| Attachment 1 | Ogmore Anglling news [68096 bytes] |