Op shops not dumping grounds

After a tub of knives was dumped at the Drouin Auxiliary Op Shop outside of business hours, auxiliary committee president Kerri Nicholl is urging community members to not treat op shops as dumping grounds.
Ms Nicholl said leaving items outside the shop when it was closed was not allowed, as stated by a sign on the door. She said unattended items could cause a serious risk to safety.
"Our biggest concern is that these knives could have got into the wrong hands," Ms Nicholl said.
She explained op shop volunteers were able to find homes for items like knives.
"We can resell them to the right people, like to butcher shops or to butchers," said Ms Nicholl.
However, she said this could only occur if the knives were donated safely and during opening hours.
The op shop accepts goods of a sellable condition when the shop was open between 9am and 4pm, Monday to Friday. Items such as clothes, toys, shoes, tested and tagged electrical goods can be accepted, but furniture and whitegoods cannot be accepted due to safety and space concerns.
"We take just about anything but we have to be just a little bit choosey sometimes, we're not a dumping ground," Ms Nicholl said.