Clothing donation bins don’t bring out charitable feelings, officials say
Good intentions can have messy consequences, according to officials at two community boards in southern Brooklyn, who said that large metal bins placed on public sidewalks to accept clothing donations are not bringing out the charitable side of residents.
“We’ve received a lot of feedback from our residents,” said Marnee Elias-Pavia, district manager of Community Board 11 in Bensonhurst “They told us people are dumping garbage near the bins. And people have been seen pulling clothes out of them,” she told the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
The bins are popping up on sidewalks all over Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst, officials at community boards 10 and 11 said.