Peter Foley
June 28, 2013
Brisbane Times
Ipswich will become the first city in Queensland requiring supermarkets and other retailers to implement an automatic wheel lock system on shopping trolleys.
Ipswich City Council says it means the days of shopping trolleys clogging creeks and rivers and littering parks and streets in Ipswich are almost finished.
He said the wheel locking mechanism was triggered by a buried electronic wire detector.
“It automatically locks one of the trolley’s wheels if someone tries to take it outside the shopping centre precinct and can only be unlocked by the retailer,” he said
“All shopping centres and supermarkets across Ipswich with more than 20 trolleys will be required to roll out this trolley containment system.”
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