"The thousands of carts that are lost every year and scattered across sidewalks, parks, our trails and waterways are not just a visible quality of life issue for our residents, not just an eyesore, but they actually really damage the environment, Mayor Matt Mahan said last week. I can tell you every single cleanup along the waterways we do, we're fishing dozens of carts out,"
"San Jose had long struggled to rein in the abandoned shopping cart problem, due in part to antiquated state rules and ineffective city code. Its multi-pronged strategy this year included stricter local regulations for large retailers, requiring them either to install theft-prevention mechanisms or security deposit devices, or to enter into a cart-retrieval contract that obligates the company to make weekly, proactive efforts to pick up their carts."
San Jose implemented a multi-pronged approach to reduce thousands of abandoned shopping carts that litter streets, parks, trails and waterways and harm the environment. Measures include stricter local regulations for large retailers requiring theft-prevention or security-deposit devices or cart-retrieval contracts obligating weekly proactive pickups. A statewide bill now lets governments return carts directly to retailers and recover retrieval costs, replacing prior three-day and 30-day impound limits. A pilot retrieval program in two neighborhoods collected 734 carts over three months. The city must evaluate whether recovery mechanisms and retailer accountability justify the expense of expanding the pilot.
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