Goodwill of Orange County on Tuesday revealed redesigned donation bins that include more high-tech features.
The bins, dubbed “Smile Box”, allow donors to scan a QR code with their phones to obtain a receipt. They also have sensors that alert Goodwill when they have reached capacity.
There are currently two bins placed, one at an Albertsons store in Orange and Rancho Santa Margarita.
A total of 20 are expected to be installed locally by the end of the year.
Goodwill Vice President of Marketing Joe Burke came up with the original concept for the donation bin. The design was then refined by Westminster industrial design studio Form, Feel & Function and manufactured by Precision Metal of Placentia.
