I seriously doubt any of the stuff put into the bins sees the inside of a charity shop as mindless vandals set the bins on fire, throw a bottle of something (such as wee) with no bottle cap on. So contents are damaged.
Every single charity bin I see, has piles of bags of donations and fly tipped items such as broken TVs, broken kids bikes, chest of drawers with two drawers missing etc. I doubt the tossers would dump these if it weren't for the charity bin. An extreme example of fly tipping by charity bins
If and when the bins get emptied, the staff do not take anything outside the bin as that's fly tipping as the weather has been at it and possibly animals have used the area as a toilet. Fly tipping is also leaving bags by CS outside opening hours. Even many CS have signs saying this.Charity shop during the 2nd lockdown
Why do charities still have these bins? Surely they know how much is sellable when they open bins and collect the contents.
Please take your donations when CS are open. Ring them first as some will not accept further donations for the rest of the week as overwhelmed as not much room in stockroom.