Donations left dumped at closed charity shops and bins are ending up in landfill as op-shops remain closed.
Charities including the Salvation Army, Good Sammy and St Vincent de Paul are reporting high numbers of goods left at stores which have closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
With no volunteers working, the charities have been forced to send the items to landfill.
Albany Salvation Army store manager Graham Henderson said it did not have the resources to deal with donations at this time.
"We understand the situation at the moment, people have time to do cleaning out.
"[But] we've been closed since April 1, because many of our volunteers are elderly, they're high-risk and self-isolating.
"We just can't open at the moment."
Mr Henderson said donations piled up over the Easter long weekend.
"They've [donations] all been headed to landfill," he said.
"We obviously feel sorry because people think they can help people at this time of need but we can't take them."
Mr Henderson said despite removing donation bins and flagging off areas, people continued to dump piles of items such as clothing and toys.
He urged those wanting to offload items to store them until the charity could accept them.
"We'd like to get the message out to the public and donors that at the moment we can't receive donations.
"Hold onto items and donate once stores reopen.
"We advise people to hold off and we will be opening as soon as we can, dependent on the government."
