Houshold waste found in St Vincent De Paul clothes banks
St Vincent De Paul says the illegal dumping of household waste in their clothes bins is one of the biggest problems facing the charity at the moment.
RedFM News has learned that household waste has been discovered in many of their Cork clothes bins in recent months.
The charity say it's costing them up to €2,000 a month to dispose of the waste as well as the loss of contaminated donations.
Speaking to RedFM News Brendan Demspey of St Vincent de Paul says this year a dead dog was dumped in one of the clothes bins:
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