Supermarkets to face fines in Adelaide suburbs for trolley dumpers

Major supermarkets will soon be slapped with a fine of almost $200 when a trolley is dumped, in a bid to clean-up suburbs in Adelaide's south.

The move by the Marion Council is expected to be followed in other areas, with local residents becoming fed-up with the eyesores.

"It is a very annoying issue for our residents," Marion Mayor Kris Hanna said.

"We're finally going to be doing something definite to stop these trolleys that are all over the streets."

The council has introduced a by-law forcing the big supermarkets to remove the eyesores.

If they don't they'll be facing fines of almost $200 per trolley.

"We haven't seen enough action in the last 12 months so it's time to actually get serious about this," Ms Hanna said.

Smaller supermarkets with less than 25 trolleys will be exempt as will those that bring in effective systems, such as trolley deposits, to reduce dumping.

For those that don't, council officers will become trolley inspectors and the supermarkets will have 48 hours to remove the offending items.

Coles has already indicated it will comply with the new laws.

It's also not just the big retailers that the council is considering targeting. There's an option to fine the people dumping these trolleys as well.

The Local Government Association says it's an issue across many council areas and is pressuring the South Australian government to play a role in cleaning up the mess.

Mayor Hanna is confident other councils will follow Marion's lead.

"The ideal situation would be that it applied across the whole of metropolitan Adelaide because we know that this a problem in other councils as well," she said.