The Brief
- A new shopping cart ordinance has taken effect in Phoenix.
- The new ordinance requires retailers that provide shopping carts to customers to complete a certification.
- The certification confirms the stores are following a set of shopping cart guidelines.
PHOENIX – A new effort to hold businesses accountable for shopping carts left abandoned in Phoenix neighborhoods has begun, as a new city ordinance is now in effect.
What we know:
The new shopping cart ordinance requires retailers that provide shopping carts to customers to complete a certification. That certification confirms that the stores are following shopping cart guidelines. Those guidelines require that the store’s shopping carts have locking wheel systems in place for cart management and retrieval, or that the stores have implemented an effective shopping cart management plan that prevents carts from leaving the store property, as well as a method to ensure timely retrieval.…