These days as Salvation Army driver Ron Patz makes his rounds to collect donations, he is coming across more couches.

"Honestly it has been really difficult because as soon as that came into effect people have been calling us left and right. I go out to their homes, and it's just ripped up torn up dog stained cat hair everywhere," said Patz.

Patz says he cannot accept some of them because they are in no condition to be resold.

In fact, since the ban was approved, he says he rejects almost half a dozen more a week.

Sometimes that does not go over well with those trying to get rid of their couch.

"They get mad at us and they come here over the weekend and drop it off," Patz said.

According to Patz, they have also seen an increase in the number of couches and other unusable furniture being dumped off at the store after hours.

"I think they probably think we're a junk site, and we're not," said Patz.

Store manager Rachel Krueger says it has gotten so bad at times that she dreads coming into work in the morning.

"It's a daily basis frustration to come to work everyday at 7:30 in the morning, to have my dock area totally trashed. Sometimes it takes an hour or two hours on Monday morning if it's a weekend where we literally have to pick up trash that somebody decided to drop off on us," said Krueger.

But Patz says it is not just time they waste, they are also wasting money.

According to the manager, they spend at least $75 to have their dumpster hauled away, which they have to do four to five times a week.

In addition to that, when it gets really bad they have to send truck loads of stuff to the landfill which can cost them between $40 to $100 a trip.

"Too many dump runs too much money. We're trying to save money and it's not working," said Patz.

Patz says the more money needed to get rid of junk, means less money used towards a program which helps men stay off of alcohol and drugs.

Officials at the landfill say they typically charge about $11, if someone hauls their couch out to the landfill.

Several garbage collection companies we checked with can also haul away unwanted couches by reservation and for a small fee.