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Hempstead Town regulates collection boxes
Photo credit: J.C. Cherubini, 2011
The Hempstead Town board passed a law this week intended to prevent profiteers from deceiving residents by misrepresenting their bins as collection boxes for charitable causes.
Under the law approved Tuesday, collection bin operators will be required to obtain an identification sticker through the town’s building department. There is no fee for the sticker, which will indicate the container...
