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Islip, Brookhaven and Suffolk County in began requiring companies and organizations to prominently display the name, place Links of London business and telephone number of the operator on each side of each bin. Boxes set up by forprofit companies must prominently indicate they're for profit. Nassau County this year passed similar legislation. But visits to various boxes run by forprofit companies found they failed to comply with regulations, sitting in corners of parking lots with little or insufficient information about the recipient. "It's very misleading," Rader said. "People don't realize when they're putting their clothing in that metal bin that none of it is going to anybody in need." Despite recent efforts to regulate boxes locally and in New Jersey, no such law has been passed in New York. The potential for fines of and up Links of London Bookworm Charm confiscation of clothing bins have not pushed some companies that furnish these boxes to provide all the necessary information. A dropoff box set up in a strip mall on Portion Road in Ronkonkoma run by NJ Clipper Corp., for instance, didn't comply with most Suffolk regulations requiring it to indicate that it was forprofit and list its address, simply noting it was to be used for "donations, clothing, shoes and toys." Calls to NJ Clipper weren't returned. Boxes set up by USAgain, a forprofit based in Maryland, indicate the firm is not a charity, but "a commercial company doing something good for our environment." On the box, the company plays up connections with nonprofits, noting it "cooperates with schools, nonprofits, city, recycling and local businesses to bring this recycling option to your community." But USAgain boxes, complete with an American flag, also didn't list contact numbers, as required by law. USAgain also didn't return calls for this article. Ken Heino, a spokesman for the Nassau County Office Links of London Classic 18ct Gold Maple Leaf Charm Consumer Affairs, said part of the compliance problem is that Nassau's inspectors have yet to inspect boxes, as they have been busy handling other issues. "Right now we're inundated with a lot of home improvement complaints," Heino said. "Now that the weather's becoming cold, we'll have more time to do the investigations into these dropoff bins." Firms like USAgain argue even if they're not a charity, they're helping recycle, which is better than throwing away clothes. USAgain on its website notes it operates more than , collection bins in states, saving clothes from landfills. The firm, which employs more than people, claims to have collected million pounds of discarded clothing in alone. Another obstacle nonprofits face is that companies like USAgain promise to pay landlords for the right to leave boxes on their property, while the Salvation Army relies links of london sale landlords' goodwill. Forprofits argue that model encourages more businesses to accept the boxes, providing more locations for donors to drop off clothes. USAgain boxes have been set up on Long Island at gas stations, laundromats and near numerous stores, although retailers typically have no direct connection to them. "It's so difficult to place our boxes when these other places are paying rent to put them there," Rader said.