Reselling college student detritus: Johns Hopkins University

Reselling college student detritus: Johns Hopkins University
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More than 25 years ago, at the University of Michigan, I suggested that the residential housing department work it out with Goodwill and/or Salvation Army to put donation "dumpsters" out for all the good quality reusable stuff that students toss at the end of the year, because they don't want to take it home, or store it over the summer.

I guess that GWU is doing something like that, or I seem to recall reading about it last year.

At Johns Hopkins University, they collect such materials and have a yard sale, and the proceeds go to support neighborhood organizations.

Seems like a good idea to me.

The poster says that they divert more than 90 container loads of stuff from the waste stream.