Illegal dumping costs are adding up for charities across Tasmania according to St Vincent de Paul.
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Tasmanian chief executive Lara Alexander said illegal dumping cost the charity tens of thousands between July and December last year.
"We do receive some support from the councils, but once support from the councils have been expended then we incur normal fees like everyone else," she said.
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"So every single dollar that is used for paying to dispose at the tip, of the unwanted goods that somebody has dumped on us, is a dollar that does not go to servicing the community in need."
Ms Alexander said illegal dumping had become a bigger problem for the charity than stealing.
She believes as a society we need to reassess our attitude towards unwanted goods.
"It's time for us as a society to look at the consumerism that we do and the impact that it is having on the future because all these unwanted goods whether it is being disposed of via the council or the charities they are ending up in landfill."
She urged anyone who witnesses someone illegally disposing of their unwanted goods to contact the police.
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