Waverley Council has gone through with its promise to seize and impound any abandoned, broken share bikes littering its streets, parks and beachfront areas – and despite warnings, rangers were left far from empty-handed.

At least 60 share bikes from multiple operators were collected by the teams scouring the eastern suburbs during Monday’s operation.

Waverley Mayor John Wakefield said every one of the bikes collected was unsafe or unrideable.

“These bikes were all wrecked bikes ... they weren't just idle bikes. We didn't want to deal with any grey areas, we tagged and recorded them, photographed them, had a reason and justification for impounding each one,” he said.