University of New Hampshire
Tier2-6: Move-Out Waste Reduction

UNH has instituted many strategic activities to reduce the amount of waste produced on campus. Recycle Everything New & Used (RENU) is a volunteer-run program started at UNH by a student in 2002. The Ecological Advocates student organization now facilitates RENU. In 2009, RENU collected a total of 2,220 lbs of clothes and shoes for Planet Aid by placing collection boxes throughout campus dormitories. Students use these boxes to discard nonperishable foods and unwanted clothing. RENU donated 20 boxes of food of a variety of types with an average weight of 25 pounds per box and a total of 500 pounds to the Cornucopia Food Pantry in Durham. Recent years have seen as much as 4,800 pounds of food collected. Kitchen items are also donated to the Good Will in nearby Dover. For more information on RENU: http://unh.edu/news/campusjournal/2008/May/28renu.cfm http://www.unh.edu/news/campusjournal/2007/May/23trash.cfm http://unh.edu/news/campusjournal/2007/Sep/05haiti.cfm UNH Trash 2 Treasure: In an effort to reduce UNH’s impact on landfills, the UNH Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) will be initiating a new program called Trash 2 Treasure (T2T). We will be collecting all of the stuff that students throw away each year, storing it all over the summer, and then holding a large 3-day yard sale during move-in weekend to sell it all back to students. Our goal is to create a sustainable program where we will be able to run the program next year with the money we make at the yard sale this year, and so on, for years to come. http://unh.edu/trash2treasure/index.html