TRASH TALK: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island and Cranston have created a new partnership to help keep the community’s unwanted items out of the landfill. Mayor Allan W. Fung and the city have granted Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island approval to place its big green donation bins at the Cranston Veterans Memorial Ice Rink, the Cranston Fire Department Station 6 and the Cranston Police Department. Residents are encouraged to bring bagged clothing, towels, curtains, sheets and shoes to be put in the bins. Items can be dropped off 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, according to the organization’s website. Within one week, residents had filled the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island bins with more than 2,500 pounds of clothing. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island has a partnership with Savers, so the items are collected and delivered to a Savers store. In the photo, from left: Fung meets with Taylor Millspaugh, the business-development manager for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island, to discuss bin placements.
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