An AI-powered dumped shopping trolley detection system being trialled in Sydney picks up about 40 abandoned carts every day in eyesore suburbs where Australians have been almost completely replaced by third world immigrants.
Canterbury-Bankstown Council said the technology, which uses cameras mounted to the sides of street sweepers, had detected 20,000 dumped trolleys since June last year, and identified hotspots in Bankstown, Lakemba, Punchbowl and Campsie.
Mayor Bilal El-Hayek said he was fed up with abandoned carts littering the area, but has blamed the owners of 30 major supermarkets for not collecting them or stopping them from being dumped in the first place.
“The major chains that are making billions of dollars in profits each year, yet they’ve put the handbrake on investing in more smart trolleys that they can track or immobilise trolleys when leaving the stores’ boundaries,” Mayor El-Hayek said.
“I’ve had enough and I’m exploring every possibility to seize dumped trolleys and recycle them.”
Mayor El-Hayek said the AI technology was revolutionising the way Council dealt with the issue, but said the supermarket chains and the State Government needed to act.
“I’ve also written to the Minister responsible to impose heavier fines and make it easier for councils to fine lax supermarkets,” he said.
Another Bankstown councillor, Khal Asfour, agreed that the retailers should take responsibility for the crisis.
“Whether it’s Coles, Woolworths (or) Kmart, they are the ones who own the property so it should be their responsibility to fix this,” he told the Canterbury-Bankstown Express.
“It’s not just about the cost to council either. They’re unsightly, they’re eyesores and it sends the wrong message about the cleanliness of our area.”
At the time of the 2021 Census, Bankstown was 36.1% Australian-born, 8.6% of residents said they had Australian ancestry, 79.7% had both parents born overseas, 31.1% of the population was Muslim, and the largest ancestry groups were Vietnamese (18.7%), Lebanese (11.9%) and Chinese (10.8%).
Lakemba was 32% Australian-born, 8.3% of residents said they had Australian ancestry, 82% had both parents born overseas, 61.2% of the population was Muslim, and the largest non-Anglo ancestry groups were Bangladeshi (14.3%) and Indian (10.7%).
Punchbowl was was 36.1% Australian-born, 12% of residents said they had Australian ancestry, 74.3% had both parents born overseas, 38.4% of the population was Muslim, and the largest non-Anglo ancestry groups were Lebanese (26.9%), Chinese (6.8%), and Vietnamese (6.8%).
Campsie was 28.6% Australian-born, 6,2% of residents said they had Australian ancestry, 79.8% had both parents born overseas, 11.1% of the population was Buddhist and 10.7% was Hindu, and the largest non-Anglo ancestry groups were Chinese (34.5%), and Nepalese (9.6%).
Header image credit: Canterbury-Bankstown Council
