City of Toronto's Clothing Drop Box Review

I believe the municipal government has a duty to make sure proper rules are in place to make sure the drop boxes in our City are safe. I understand that the City's Municipal Licensing and Standards Division is currently undertaking a review of the Clothing Drop Box By-law, but that the report isn't expected until September 2019. Therefore, I would ask that the Committee direct staff to speed up this review immediately with the goal of reporting back as soon as possible on any changes that are necessary to the City's existing rules to keep people safe and instruct staff to take any immediate actions needed, during the course of the review, to increase safety around these bins. I would hope that review will focus on three questions: 1. Most importantly, are these boxes safe to have in our community and what can be done to ensure a similar incident doesn't happen again? 2. Recognizing that many of these boxes help charities and help re-use clothing rather than these items being tossed in landfills, is this the best way to collect clothing in 2019? 3. Is there a better way to guide the locations of these boxes? Thank you and the Committee for acting quickly on this matter.