Seventy-five shopping trolleys were removed from the Bremer River in the past year during three clean-up events.

Ipswich City Council partnered with Healthy Land and Water to target stretches of the river and riverbanks between the Bradfield Bridge and David Trumpy Bridge, and around River Heart Parklands.

Environment and Sustainability Committee chairman Russell Milligan said dumping of shopping trolleys into the town reaches of the Bremer River had been a long-term, ongoing issue with significant concerns raised by the community.

“It appears that shopping trolleys are being thrown off the Bradfield and David Trumpy bridges, and the adjoining pathways into the river,” Cr Milligan said.

“They present both an amenity and environmental issue for the local communi