Santa Clara University

Moving?

Faculty and Staff:
Read some tips to reduce waste during your campus office move.

Students:
Click on your residence hall below to learn what to do with all your stuff as you pack up for the summer.

Tons of waste are created during campus move-out. Together, our individual actions to sort our stuff during move-out adds up to a gigantic decrease in trash produced this week.

In the last two years alone, students have diverted almost 10 tons of materials by giving reusable items to Goodwill, setting their carpet aside, and donating their old text books.

• Bellarmine
• Campisi
• Casa Italiana
• Dunne
• Graham
• McLaughlin
• Nobili
• Sanfilippo
• Sobrato
• St. Clare
• Swig
• Walsh

• Recycling
  *New this year*
  Recycle paper, plastic, glass, and aluminum. There are six recycling areas during move-out. Read your building's instructions to find the recycling area nearest you.
  
• Carpets
  Clean, roll, and leave your carpets at the carpet collection areas so they can be reused next year or recycled. Carpet collection areas are located near your building's trash container.
  
• E-waste
  Don't throw away anything with an electric cord or battery. Leave your old electronics at the e-waste collection areas near your building's trash container so they can be recycled.
  
• Textbooks
  Donate your old textbooks (if you can't sell them back or give them to a friend) to Better World Books. The GREEN Club and SCCAP set up a book donation area in the basement of Benson, near the Bookstore's buyback area.
• Etc.
  Donate good but unwanted items to Goodwill Industries of Silicon Valley. GW trailers are parked in two areas: Accolti Way (between Casa and San Filippo) and Santa Clara Street (near McLaughlin). Place your good but unwanted items in a BLUE BAG (provided by your service desk) and drop-off at the Goodwill Trailers between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, Monday (6/9) through Thursday (6/12).
  

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  Don't let all your waste go to a landfill.
  
• Recycling
  *New this year*
  
  Recycle paper, plastic, glass, and aluminum.
  
• Carpets
  
  Clean, roll, and donate your carpets so they can be reused or recycled.
  
• E-waste
  
  Don't trash these! Electronics can be recycled.
  
• Textbooks
  
  Donate old books to Better World Books.
  
  
• Etc.
  
  Donate to Goodwill Industries of Silicon Valley. GW trailers are parked on Accolti Way and Santa Clara Street (open Monday through Thursday, 9 am - 5 pm).