Last month Newshub brought you a story about a Salvation Army charity shop that's been used as a dumping ground.
Since then we've been informed of many other stores facing the same problem, and it's costing the Salvation Army more than $600,000 a year.
Rotten meat left inside a damaged fridge left outside a Salvation Army family shop in Porirua is causing an infestation of rats, according to staff member Paul Bryant.
He says besides that, there is also a pungent smell also causing a problem.
People dump junk at the store every day and it's up to staff to get rid of it at the tip. They're not alone in Porirua either -- recently we reported on dumping at the New Lynn shop in Auckland.
We went back this week and staff were cleaning up rotten takeaways and household waste.
Across town in Royal Oak, staff member Rod Ellis says they've seen it all, including soiled clothing and thieves.
"We arrived at work and a gentleman was starting to pick up some of the electronic gear and put it in the back of his car," he says. "When I went to speak to him and say 'hey that belongs to the Sallies', he just threw it on the ground and just smashed it in front of us."
He then tried to run Mr Ellis over.
Of course, there are a lot of good quality donations that are sold in the family stores, but dumping is a huge financial burden for the Sallies.
On average it costs the Auckland and Northland stores combined around $30,000 a month to get rid of all the junk and rubbish.
Nationally it's costing more than $600,000 a year and the Sallies once again are pleading to not use them as a dumping ground.
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