The truth behind clothes donation bin revealed

In many neighbourhoods and streets, clothes donation bins have become a common facility. People put clothes they no longer wear into these bins for the sake of environmental protection or public welfare. However, what is the unknown truth behind these clothes donation bins? Today, let's take a deeper look.
Where do clothes donation bins come from? There is a way to choose the factory
There are a variety of donation bins, including formal charitable organisations, environmental protection enterprises, and even some unqualified individuals or small groups. Charitable organisations to set up clothes donation bin, need to obtain public fundraising qualifications in accordance with the provisions of the box to be marked in a prominent position of the organisation's name, fundraising qualifications, record fundraising programme, contact information, and other information, and in the national charitable information disclosure platform, ‘Charity China’ for publicity. And environmental protection enterprises and other commercial subjects set up recycling boxes, although not public fund-raising, but should also follow the relevant regulations and market norms.
In the production process, the choice of factory for making CLOTHES DONATION BINS is crucial. Strength and reputation of the factory, can ensure that the quality of products up to standard. Like some large metal processing factories, with advanced equipment and mature technology, can provide a guarantee for the production of recycling bins. Some small workshops may produce poor quality recycling bins due to poor equipment and crude technology.
clothes donation bin from galvanised sheet metal to weather-resistant steel: the material's way of life
The most common material for clothes donation bins is galvanised sheet metal, with a thickness of 0.9 - 1.2 mm. The galvanised sheet metal is welded by a welding machine, with even weld joints and no burrs, and the outer surface is polished smooth, which is not only beautiful but also not easy to hurt your hands. The product will also do the initial processing of rust treatment, effectively preventing rust, prolonging the service life. It has strong resistance to acid, alkali and corrosion, and can be used normally in the environment from - 40℃ to 65℃, applicable to a wide range of scenarios.
Clothes donation bins are also designed with care, such as adding anti-theft devices to prevent clothes from being stolen, and improving the design of the drop-off ports to make it easier for residents to drop off their clothes.
From donation to reuse: where do old clothes go?
After entering the clothes donation bin, old clothes can be roughly divided into three categories. Clothing that meets the donation requirements and is 70% to 80% new will be sorted, cleaned and sterilised, and then donated by charitable organisations to groups in need through the Clothes to the Countryside and the Pok Oi Supermarket.

clothes donation bin regulation and development: the future of old clothes recycling
At present, there are many irregularities in the recycling of old clothes. Some unqualified subjects set up recycling bins under the banner of charity to cheat the public trust; the recycling bins are poorly labelled and poorly managed, affecting environmental hygiene and the lives of residents; the recycling and processing of old clothes is not transparent, and it is difficult for donors to know where the clothes are going.
In order to promote the healthy development of the industry, the relevant departments need to strengthen supervision, increase the unqualified recycling behaviour of the crackdown, standardise the clothes donation bin settings and management. At the same time, should improve the regulations and standards, clear industry access thresholds, operating norms and supervision mechanism, so that the old clothing recycling rules to follow.
Encourage enterprises to innovate technologies and models to improve the utilisation rate of old clothes recycling. For example, the use of big data, Internet of Things technology, optimise the layout of the recycling network, intelligent management of clothes donation bin; research and development of more advanced sorting, processing technology, to enhance the value of recycling of old clothes.
Clothes donation bin seems to be ordinary, but behind the environmental protection, public welfare, business and other areas.Only through the joint efforts of all parties to regulate the development of the industry, in order to let the old clothes donation bin really play a role, to achieve a win-win situation of resource recycling and social welfare value.