The chairwoman of a Wodonga church community shop is fed-up with people dumping their unwanted items on the ground at the front entrance.
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Emmanuel Anglican And Uniting Church's Karen Robinson said red tape and a sign clearly asking for no donations was erected for while the church and community shop closed during lockdown.
But Ms Robinson was disappointed when on a drive-by inspection of the shop she discovered dumped rubbish bags and a mattress.
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"It's not fair that people are dumping their unwanted goods and it's not one of the five essential reasons to be out and about," she said.
"This is our fourth mattress for the year that we've had dumped at the community shop when the church is closed and we're not very happy."
Ms Robinson said the dumped items created more work for the shop's elderly volunteers.
"We also have to organise people who are over the age of 70 to put their trailer on their vehicle and they take it down to the weigh station," she said.
"It costs us money to dispose of the mattresses, so that's less money going towards our community shop and to help our community at the church.
"It's not the done thing."
Ms Robinson said people had left "appalling" things at the shop entrance this year that couldn't be accepted as donations.
"I opened up a bag after one of our lockdowns and I quickly sealed it back up again," she said.
"It was absolutely horrid. It was the worst coloured pillows I've ever seen and the smell was horrific.
This is our fourth mattress for the year that we've had dumped at the community shop when the church is closed and we're not very happy.
- Karen Robinson
"And we've had pairs of jeans that were so motley and holey and had never been washed that they nearly stood up by themselves, that's how disgusting they were. It was absolutely horrific.
"We've had peoples rubbish that they think is a food donation, when they might have an open packet of sugar that's sprinkled right through the whole donation.
"Also this year we had vandalism, we had a window broken at the community shop, which cost us a lot of money to get repaired and replaced."
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