Supermarket uses 5,000-year-old delivery truck

A British supermarket chain is beating traffic congestion and reducing its carbon footprint by using a non-motorised, hand-drawn truck for deliveries of less than a mile.

Hand carts are thought to have been used first in Sumeria over 5,000 years ago, but Waitrose is using an up-to-date version to make deliveries that would normally be undertaken by a diesel-engined lorry.

Director at the Environmental Transport Association, an organisation that campaigns for sustainable transport, Andrew Davis said: "In this case, ancient technology is a perfect solution to today's problems of congested streets and polluted air."