Clothing Donation Bin

• City of Vancouver to allow ‘safe’ clothing donation bins to return to city

  The announcement comes after city council approved a new set of safety rules, developed in the wake of multiple deaths associated with the bins.

  Oct 2, 2019
  
• New Brunswick police officer rescues woman trapped in clothing donation bin

  The issue of people becoming trapped inside donation bins has been a deadly problem in this country.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2019
  
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• ‘This is a problem across the country’: Clothing donation bin deaths prompt demand for action

  Since 2015, at least seven Canadians have died after getting stuck inside a clothing donation bin, according to the Canadian Press. The death of a Toronto woman Tuesday brings that number to eight.

  Canada

  Jan 8, 2019
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• Woman dies after being trapped inside clothing donation box in Toronto

  Police said they received a call after 1:30 a.m. for reports of a woman trapped inside of a clothing donation box near Bloor and Dovercourt.

  Canada

  Jan 8, 2019
• West Vancouver shuts down clothing donation bins after death

  Crews were relieved to discover nothing in the bin except for donated clothing.

  Jan 2, 2019
• UBC Okanagan students design safer clothing donation bins

  First-year engineering students at UBC Okanagan have designed new clothing bin donation boxes that could prevent deaths from people becoming trapped inside.

  Nov 25, 2018
• ‘It’s like a death trap’: Concerns raised after man found dead in Calgary clothing bin

  A man was found dead, partially stuck in a clothing donation bin in Calgary on Thursday morning.

  Crime

  Jul 20, 2017
• Man found dead in Calgary clothing donation bin ‘not suspicious’: police

  Calgary police say the death of a man whose body was found in a northwest clothing donation bin is “not suspicious.”

  Canada

  Jul 20, 2017