Broken furniture and other household debris are piling up in the wake of Friday's magnitude-6.6 earthquake in Tottori Prefecture, and municipal governments are struggling to deal with the mess.

Residents have been leaving broken electronic appliances at temporary waste disposal sites despite government requests not to do so.

On Monday, an 80-year-old farmer in the town of Hokuei made four trips to a local athletics field designated as a temporary waste disposal site to truck in broken glass and other damaged items.