Trying to remove movie clip with collision?

I am creating empty movie clips and populating them with
movie clips that have "drag and drop" functionality. I can create
the empty movie clip and populate it with an external .swf. I've
even got the drag-n-drop handled. But, I'd like to have them delete
or disappear when they are dropped onto a trash can movie clip. I
just can't seem to figure out the code for this. I would greatly
appreciate any help you could give me.
Thanks.

you need to perform a hitTest to determine if the item is
within the bounds of your trashcan, you can also use _droptarget,
but I prefer hitTest with a shapeflag parameter. depending on your
code, when you call stopdrag onRelease, run your test there.
the_mc.onRelease = function() {
stopdrag();
if(_level0.trashcan.hitTest(_xmouse, _ymouse, true)) {
this.removeMovieClip();
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