Firefighter clearing clothes left at clothing bank in Bicester. Picture: Bicester Fire Station
FIREFIGHTERS have urged people to stop donating clothes during the coronavirus outbreak.
Bicester Fire Station, posting pictures of piles of clothing left outside its yellow collection bank, said despite taping it off people were still leaving items, and in some cases rubbish.
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It explained it was 'really grateful' for past clothes recycling with all the profits going to supporting The Fire Fighters Charity but added: "At present the companies that collect from all the clothes banks around town aren’t able to operate and therefore the banks are full."
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