Additional reporting by Chantal Weller

Litter pickers who haul dozens of trollies out of the East Stour river on their rounds say they are disappointed that ASDA - where the dumped trolleys are from - is unable to fund vital new equipment.

The South Willesborough Litter Pickers meet on the first Wednesday of every month to clean up the streets starting from the Swan Centre from 9am.

Watch as members of the group pull trollies from the river

They usually collect between 12 and 15 bags of rubbish alongside several trollies, bikes, scooters, pushchairs and tyres found dumped along the way.

The council has recognised their efforts by putting more bins in the area, providing the team with black sacks and collecting the rubbish they pick up each month.

They asked ASDA if they could also help by donating a grapnel anchor for £17, four heavy-duty litter pickers which are £23 each, and four new garbage bag hoops which are around £14 each.

However the supermarket said it was not able to help as its community fund 'cannot be used outside the store'.

Chris Pimm, who joined the group four months ago, said: "They did offer us black sacks which we get from the council anyway and a few sacks.

"I think it’s disgusting. If it's not for outside of the store, what is the community fund for?

"We have got loads of stuff to do with litter, we don't need the ASDA trollies to sort out too.

"They could even send two employees out once a week to drag them out but they don't.

"They collect trollies in the car park, why don't they collect them out of the river?

"ASDA once told me a disabled trolley costs £800 so they are not cheap, we are saving them money and they won't help."

ASDA has been approached for comment.

The group was started in May 2005 by Sue Williamson who was inspired by an environmental campaign by Kent County Council.

She decided to set up a local group and at first, there were just three or four members but through word of mouth, the group has grown and there are now 10.

On their latest litter pick on Wednesday, the group pulled out seven trollies that were lodged in the river and moved one that was found abandoned in a car park.

Once they have rounded them up, they wheel them back to ASDA and leave them at the side of the store where they have started to build up.

The craziest thing the group once found while out and about was a generator with a can of fuel next to it a couple of years ago.

They had to call the police to come and move it.