Every year at the end of spring semester, a shitload of stuff is thrown away as people realize they can’t pack everything up with them. Last year the Recycling Committee attempted to remedy this by using PODS, where students could put stuff they didn’t want any more and others could come and pick it up. Unfortunately, that resulted in much stuff getting broken as people rooted around for what they wanted.
This year, EON and the administration are joining forces to try a different approach: Dump and Run. Cardboard boxes will be placed on every hall in every dorm, where students can place items they no longer want. Those boxes will be periodically emptied and taken to a storage facility, where they will be stored over the summer. At the beginning of next year, items will be sold back to the student body, with proceeds benefiting various student groups.
What YOU need to do is put unwanted items in the cardboard boxes, NOT in the trashcan. We’re taking everything: clothes, lamps, unopened food. You name it, we want it. However, we don’t accept opened food, broken items, clothes with rips and stains, etc. Unfortunately, this year we won’t be able to accommodate larger items, like furniture, either. You should take them to the PODS, which will be set up in the same places they were last year.
If you’re interested in helping with this project, you can e-mail Amanda at ahungerford@wesleyan.edu.
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