• The by-law would permit the removal of derelict, illegal or unlicensed outdoor clothing donation drop boxes. • Every new licence application for an outdoor clothing donation drop box would require a ...

The Clothesline program has been operating for 25 years, with drop boxes being introduced in 2001. We currently have more than 1,600 drop boxes across the country ...

The sign on the box says it is “100% charity,” but makes no mention of the percentage of clothing that is donated to charitable organizations, as required by the bylaw.

To date, the city has investigated 320 complaints about illegal clothing drop boxes and laid 75 charges.Moscoe said the bylaw is premised on the fact that most clothing drop boxes are operated by ...

Homeless advocates on wrong track: Mayor If eventually adopted by council, the city would create a new clothing drop box operator licence fee of about $440 and a licence renewal fee of $186.

A Toronto bylaw meant to crack down on firms that operate misleading charitable clothing drop boxes is "useless" and unenforceable, says the city councillor who backed it. Howard Moscoe, chairman ...

NEED TO KNOW A woman was found dead — “stuck” in a clothing donation drop box — in Plantation, Fla., on June 27, 2025 Police said "it looks like this incident is an accident” The woman reportedly was ...

However, some drop boxes aren't run by charities, City Administrator Jason McConachie said. "The clothing drop boxes started with the Salvation Army and other not-for-profit groups," McConachie said.

Clothing donation drop boxes are popping up at busy shopping centers in and around the Triangle; however, nonprofit groups, such as Goodwill, say those clothes are not going where most people think.