Geoff Potter / Noosa News Credit: News Regional Media “So many people are concerned about the environment and environmental damage and property and personal damage caused by trolleys … and if it wasn’t a big issue, it wouldn’t have got to the level of (having bills introduced in) the NSW government.” Camera Icon New laws around abandoned trolleys were introduced to NSW parliament last week. “We can save retailers and … local councils money by adopting this system, and a little bit of the onus is put back on the user. “I thought ‘why can I pay for groceries with Apple Pay, everybody's using credit cards, others use Google Pay, but I need a coin for the trolley?’ Mr Ammendolia said the concept first came to him when he realised consumers paid for everything else with a card or a smartphone and didn’t carry coins to unlock trolleys. Supplied by Trolley Data Management Network Credit: NCA NewsWire

Camera Icon The coinless shopping trolley lock and GPS tracking system was developed in NSW. There is also international interest in TDMN, with retailers in the UK looking at the technology. “The store manager (at Manly) was blown away at how accurate we were able to track trolleys that were off site and how fast and easy it was for their team members to retrieve them,” Mr Ammendolia told NCA NewsWire. Supplied by Trolley Data Management Network Credit: NCA NewsWireĭomenic Ammendolia, the founder and chief executive of the NSW-based company, said a successful five-month trial of the GPS technology was recently run at the Harris Farm Markets in Manley and will soon be rolled out to other stores. Camera Icon The world-first technology allows users to unlock trolleys using a QR code and the sMart Shop App. Thanks to the sMart Lock System, shoppers no longer need to carry coins or tokens.Īll trolleys have the ability to self-report their GPS location directly to the retailer or trolley collectors’ mobile application with turn by turn navigation if it’s not taken back. Then by scanning a QR code, a $2 deposit is made to unlock the trolley and that money is given back once the trolley is returned and relocked.

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