Wyndham council is cracking down on dumped shopping trolleys, taking action against two major retailers since the adoption of new Local Laws.
Council adopted the Community Amenity Local Law 2023 in August, which included
strengthened enforcement in relation to abandoned shopping trolleys to ensure retailers take more responsibility.
Retailers can be issued with a $386 infringement for each trolley that is not collected
after being reported after three days.
Enforcement action has already been taken against two major retailers
operating in Wyndham who were in breach of the new Local Law.
Wyndham councillor Susan McIntyre, said she
hoped major retailers would respond quickly to notification of breaches.
“There are some retailers that are using the Trolley Tracker or similar apps to
monitor the movement of trolleys off their premises and when notified by Wyndham
City that trolleys have been abandoned, they are using the app to return them to
shopping centres,” she said.
“Two warnings were issued this week to retailers who have not picked up their
trolleys for more than three days after reporting – these trolleys have been found at
some distance from the vicinity of the retailers. Since August we’ve written to all major retailers operating in the municipality and spoken to all store managers across Wyndham to advise of the updated local law and the consequences.”
Residents are encouraged to report abandoned trolleys to retailers. If the trolleys
aren’t collected by retailers within three business days, they can then be reported to
council.
To report trolleys owned by Coles, Kmart and Bunnings
contact: www.coles.com.au/help/abandoned-trolley or call 1800 876 553
To report trolleys owned by Woolworths / Safeway, Big W and Dan Murphy’s
contact: trolleytracker.com.au/ or call 1800 641 497
To report Aldi trolleys visit: help.aldi.com.au/s/abandoned-trolley-or-catalog
