Wardrobe makeovers, size fluctuation, shopping sprees—whatever the reason, many of us have too many clothes on our hands (cue the old “and yet still nothing to wear!” line). If you’re tempted to toss pieces that are too worn to consign, donate to Kiwanis, Goodwill, or hawk on eBay… or use a Clothing donation box. According to a new report from the Council for Textile Recycling (CTR), the average American throws away 70 pounds of clothing every year, which equals roughly 191 T-shirts…per person. Collectively, that’s approximately 3.8 billion pounds of waste.
Clothing donation yellow and blue boxes have been popped up across Lehigh Acres. Problems come alone with the proliferation of these donation bins. Whether it is that those clothing drop boxes become the eyesore of people, or due to the security problems of the clothing drop boxes, somehow many places have already or are now considering pass ordinances to ban or regulate the placement of the clothing drop boxes owning by both for-profits or not-for-profits organizations. Currently Lee County has no such ordinances on donation boxes.
The Kiwanis Club of Lehigh Acres has white bins on private property that are clearly marked; but one of the biggest issues is that must of the yellow and blue bins are not mark with ownership of the bin and what is the clothing is going to be used for.
personally i think its time to dump over any box that does not belong to goodwill or kiwanis, let those who are for profit be dumped over, its time to take control…