WOOLWORTHS has bitten the bullet on trolley pollution, installing coin-operated trolley stations at centres including Sandgate, Moorooka, Buranda, Toowong and Bulimba.
The Urban Local Government Association of Queensland last week moved to ensure other shopping centres follow Woolies' lead after reports that up to 500 trolleys recently were collected in a six-month roundup across Logan City.
The association, representing 70 per cent of local government voters, approved a plan which could allow councils to force supermarkets to install coin operated trolley docks.
Ipswich councillor Paul Tully says ALDI supermarkets already had a $2 refundable trolley scheme.
"You rarely see an ALDI shopping trolley in a park or local creek," he said.
The association also wants brakes installed on trolleys to stop them rolling off and hitting vehicles.
"The days of getting back to your car in a shopping centre car park and finding a dent in the side of the vehicle will hopefully soon be over," Cr Tully said.
A Woolworths spokeswoman said the company was aware certain suburbs had particular issues with stolen trolleys.
"That is why we have taken the step to introduce coin-operated trolleys," she said.
"Seven Woolworths stores in the Brisbane area have already been fitted with coin locks and a further three will roll out in the next few weeks."
ALDI says the system works.
"We have found the coin-in-slot system to be a key preventative measure in the dumping of trolleys," the spokeswoman said.
