If you're a good samaritan, chances are you've dropped a bag or two of old clothes into one of the donation bins found in parking lots and on sidewalks. You probably felt pretty great after, thinking ...

The 16 people charged Wednesday with stealing nearly $200,000 worth of clothing from bins from across Suffolk County exploited an often unmonitored donation system that relies on public assistance to ...

The town is looking to regulate those clothing bins that pop up in parking lots all over town. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Many of them are placed not by charities looking to donate ...

The Town of Babylon has renewed an annual moratorium on clothing collection bins but is giving a pass to a company that’s using the bins to help students in Copiague. The only bins allowed on ...

SYOSSET, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- If you're cleaning out your closet and want to donate used clothing to those in need, beware. Bogus donation bins are back, and they are taking advantage of trusting ...

People have been warned not to use certain clothing bins in a town because they are "not for charitable purposes but to line the pockets of the company owners". Slough Borough Council said the "rogue" ...

It's the season of giving — but on Long Island, there's a warning about where some of that giving is taking place, The message Tuesday from the town of Oyster Bay: Not all donation bins are the same, ...

Used clothing bins — those metal boxes where people drop their unwanted or used shirts, jackets, jeans, belts, and the occasional human skull — sure are making people mad these days. The problem is in ...

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Clothing bins are popping up around the township, and the committee is considering introducing an ordinance to govern both placement and care of the huge receptacles. While some ...

Clothing donation bins often appear like this one for Goodwill. DETROIT – A Dearborn-based company is accused of illegally operating clothing donation bins and misrepresenting what actually happens to ...