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New Rules For Clothing Collection Boxes

Many people have a big clear out after Christmas and in the spring to either make room for any presents they received at Christmas or just to get rid of clutter. Most people donate any unwanted clothing, toys and furniture to charities. Often people cannot make the charity shop’s opening hours or find that the Salvation Army centre is quite far away but there are often green collection boxes for clothing that can be found in local car parks. Many of these collection boxes often overfill quickly and the contents become spread over the pavement. Some people even rob these boxes for any unwanted T-Shirts and Sweatshirts. The Chicago city council has decided to crackdown on these clothing collection boxes. A measure has been set by Eugene Schulter, stating that any charities who want to set out charity collection boxes for items of clothing must pay $200 every two years in order to have a box. They must maintain the boxes, and empty them to a schedule, which they must show on the box. Any violation of this measure means the charity could be fined up to a $1000.

Most legitimate charities regularly empty their collection boxes but some follow a different routine. Many organisations seem to forget about their clothing boxes and leave the clothes sitting around for weeks. Schulter said "We do have fine organizations that do a good job on their own making sure . . . contents are removed in a timely fashion where we don't have overflowing conditions." Then he added, "But, we do have organizations that could care less." When donating goods it is often better to take them to somewhere like the Salvation Army, White Elephant and Goodwill stores where you know that the donations have been received.