Proposed Shopping Trolleys Local Law 2025

These are the top local issues you’ve told us about shopping trolleys:

• “Lots of trolleys being left everywhere since Karrinyup was re-done”
• “People dumping trolleys from Karrinyup shops”
• “Shopping centres to lock their trolleys so they are not astray throughout the neighbourhood. Coles and Woolies trollies are on every corner”
• “There are lots of shopping trolleys dumped in the streets around the Northlands shops. I often come home to trolleys in my driveway or next to it. Calling Coles takes a few days collect it, maybe giving them a nudge to regularly look for trolleys might be good”
• “Trolleys - they are everywhere, and no one is willing to do anything about it”
• “Vigilant with people leaving shopping trolley in residential areas.”

City

The City of Stirling Community Safety Officers frequently locate and report abandoned shopping trolleys.

The City may inform a retailer (verbally or in writing) about the location of their abandoned trolley. If a trolley is left on a thoroughfare, verge, or City property and is not marked correctly or not removed by the retailer after being notified, an authorised person may impound it. 

Community

Locals have the responsibility to ensure that shopping trolleys are returned to the carpark trolley collection point and remains in the shopping centre precinct.

A person must not leave a shopping trolley in a public place or on City property other than in an area set aside for the storage of shopping trolleys.

Retailers

Retailers must clearly mark their name or trading name on any shopping trolleys provided for customer use. If shopping trolleys are found in a public place or on City property, the City may notify the retailer of its location. Retailers must remove the trolley within three hours of being notified.

• For trolleys belonging to Woolworths, Big W, and Dan Murphy's, phone Trolley Tracker on 1800 641 497 or report it on the Trolley Tracker website
• For trolleys belonging to Coles, Kmart, and Target, please submit a report via the Coles website
• For trolleys belonging to Bunnings, please phone 1300 554 777
• For trolleys belonging to Aldi, please phone 13 25 34.

All other trolleys can be reported directly to the respective supermarket. For more information, visit www.stirling.wa.gov.au/cleanstreets.

The proposed Shopping Trolley Local Law will replace the section (part 4 – division 2) on shopping trolleys in the Thoroughfares and Public Places Local Law 2009.

• The notification time limit for retailers to remove the shopping trolleys will be amended from 24 hours to three hours

• Should the shopping trolleys not be removed within three hours of notification, the retailer will be liable and pay a penalty fee. If the shopping trolleys are impounded and disposed of, the penalty fee will still stand. The penalty is the maximum penalty allowed under the Local Government Act 1995
• Retailers are required to create provisions to implement reasonable practices to keep trolleys in shopping precincts.

A person who breaches a provision of the local law commits an offence. 

The below penalties can be applied to any person who commits an offence under this local law:

An infringement notice of up to $2,000. For each day that the offence continues, a further infringement of up to $500 per day. Should the matter proceed to Court, the maximum penalty punishable on conviction is a fine of $10,000.

These penalty amounts will be determined on a discretionary basis, by the authorised officers for each offence committed. This decision would take into account the circumstances or extent of the offence, any prior offences committed by the alleged offender and the number of any prior offences committed by the same offender under the local law.

As part of the local law-making process, members of the public are invited to lodge a submission to the City about the proposed Trolleys Local Law. This ensures the community contributes and is involved in the local law-making process.

The City will consider all the submissions from the community and present the community feedback to Council.