Chelsea ColleyFrom Tuesday, April 19, through finals week, the University of Kentucky’s Recycling Program will place Give & Go Donation Stations in all residence hall lobbies — offering students a convenient opportunity to donate items as they prepare to leave campus for the summer.
Students are encouraged to donate items such as clothing, shoes, bedding, unused toiletries, household items, decor and nonperishable food. Items will be donated to Goodwill except for nonperishable food, which will be donated to the Big Blue Pantry to help fellow students.
“We hope that students use this opportunity to donate usable items and nonperishable food, diverting them away from the landfill, so we can send them to local charities/groups who can use them,” said Esther Moberly, manager of the UK Waste Recycling and Trucking Department. “This program is part of a large campus wide effort to decrease how much is thrown away, which is a goal in the university’s sustainability plan.”
This Give & Go Donation program, a partnership program with Goodwill Industries of the Bluegrass, has been offered to students since the end of the Fall 2016 semester and has collected an average of 1,200 pounds each year.
