Album: Life Cycle of Abandoned Shopping Carts--(or what happens if you don't keep 'em where they belong)

Not all suffer this fate. Some are recovered, cleaned up, and returned to service. Think about where they may have been the next time you use a shopping cart.

Also ask yourself whether or not there are ways of preventing shopping carts from "wandering" into places where they should not be--such as our neighborhoods, 101 access ramps, streams, and flood control channels. Other California cities have implemented controls. Isn't it about time that Petaluma did the same?