If you were to take stroll along the River Tawe in Swansea on a sunny day, you might notice the ducks on the water, or even an otter if you are lucky.
You might also notice the graveyard of discarded shopping trolleys.
In the 200m stretch of river from the railway bridge behind B&Q to the White Rock visitor car park, shopping trolleys, predominantly from Morrisons on Morfa Shopping Park, can be seen scattered along the banks and in the river itself, all in varying stages of decay.
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Sadly, it isn't a new problem.
In 2018, a paddleboarder from Swansea told Wales Online that the stretch of river near her home contained more than 70 supermarket trolleys.
Hollie Cockings said at the time: "We live near the Marina in Swansea and my husband and I decided to do some paddleboarding on the river on Sunday. At first we noticed a few scattered around the place - some were obvious, others had been submerged and weren’t in plain sight.
"But when we got to one particular stretch, they just kept coming. So, we counted them, and we counted 76!”
At the time, a company specialising in the retrieval of trolleys from shops and retail car parks all across the UK, had announced it was going to clean up the river, and that it was going to be performing a risk assessment later that week.
In March, 2021, however, the problem remained as bad as ever.
Rusting trolleys could still be spotted deeply lodged in muddy riverbanks, upside down underwater, entangled in overgrowth and in precarious areas.
In March, 2021, a spokeswoman for Natural Resources Wales said: "It is the responsibility of the supermarkets to control the issue and clean up the dumped trolleys. They cause a real blight on the aesthetics of the river environment, but are not technically classed as waste or as causing pollution problems."
At the start of April, 2021, specialists visited the area and recovered 41 trolleys from beneath the bridge connecting the Liberty Stadium and Morfa Shopping Park, ahead of the Easter weekend.
But just days later, a group of youths were caught on video throwing more trolleys into the river.
The group responsible was spotted gathering on a platform just yards from where the trolleys were retrieved.
And now, almost a year later, that same infamous stretch of river is still littered with them.
Whilst some show evidence of having been in the water for years, others are shiny and new, indicating that they entered the Tawe more recently.
All together, Wales Online counted at least 30 trolleys on this stretch, although this does not count the ones submerged in the river, and out of view when stood on the banks, so the true total may be much higher.
A spokesperson for Morrisons said: "We’re concerned to hear this report of abandoned trolleys around our Swansea store. We do our best to collect them as soon as the public report them. We urge customers not to use trolleys to take their shopping home with them."
South Wales Police has increased its presence in Morfa Retail Parc in an attempt to deal with ongoing anti-social behaviour there.
A police spokesperson said: "We are working with local businesses and increasing patrols at Morfa Shopping Park in Bonymaen, Swansea, to address concerns and tackle anti-social behaviour in the area.
"Anyone who is a victim of, or witnesses incidents of anti-social behaviour, is asked to immediately report them to us."
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