R²ePack

Tufts Recycles! is a huge advocate of the other two Rs: reduce and reuse. That is why we started a project called R²epack [Reuse. Recycle Everything. Pack and Clean...'K!?]. The project encourages outgoing students to leave their rooms clean and just as they found them, to properly dispose of waste, and to value their belongings by conserving and reusing them.

What about good stuff that is genuinely outgrown? This is an important point that we have started to address. After evaluation of the problems of the previous program Jumbo Drop, we need to keep it simple and sustainable by minimizing the sorting labor, as well as transportation and storage logistics. A possible solution is to have a one-time, on-site “freecycle” event. Lewis Hall was a test case for such a project in May 2011. A “freecycle” box was put out for students to donate specific items that would be offered free to returning Lewis residents. The box resulted in 10 boxes of stuff, which were given away during a similar Freecycle event at the start of 2011-2012 school year (on the library roof).

We would love your feedback or new ideas! Please contact Dawn Quirk at dawn.quirk@tufts.edu.

[As of 4/10/12- all of the available shifts are full. ]