Photo / Belinda FeekCharity and secondhand shops around the country are becoming dump sites as people bag and box up unwanted goods and leave them outside shops in the rain. The issue has not only disheartened charity stores, including the Salvation Army, but has also triggered concerned Kiwis who post about the sight of the mess on social media. Salvation Army's Victoria St, Hamilton, store has an old mattress, cardboard and other rubbish dumped outside today. "Charity shops are finding hordes of unusable household items and rubbish piling up outside their doorsteps, as people dump items from lockdown decluttering after hours." Photo / Belinda Feek"Stained mattresses, food, odd shoes, broken furniture and toys and general rubbish often end up becoming a charity shop's problem.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 29, 2021 01:40 UTC