Sustainable Move Out Campaign

Program Overview

The Student Move-Out Campaign helps reduce campus waste during the end-of-year move-out period by giving students a convenient way to donate gently used items they no longer need. Collected items can support incoming and current Tritons by increasing access to free or low-cost household and dorm essentials.

This initiative promotes sustainable move-out practices, reduces the stress of disposing of usable belongings, and helps address the financial burden many students face when furnishing their living spaces. The need for this program became especially clear during last year’s move-out, when large volumes of usable items were discarded across campus.

What to Donate

We welcome clean, gently used items including:

• Furniture
• School supplies
• Kitchen supplies
• Storage containers
• Small appliances
• Gently used clothing

Items We Cannot Accept

For health and safety reasons, we cannot accept:

• Bedding (including sheets, pillows, and blankets)
• Food
• Medication
• Undergarments
• Damaged or broken items
• Trash

Donation Drop-Off Locations

Students can donate items at the following campus locations during spring move-out:

• Marshall College Res Life Office
  Outside the Res Life Office in Umoja (New Marshall)
• Seventh College Res Life Office
  Ground floor Res Life Office near the Amazon Lockers
• ERC by Middle East Hall Dumpsters
• ERC I-House
  Near East Laundry by I-House
• Sustainable Resource Center (SRC)
  3rd Floor, Price Center

Why Participate?

By donating instead of discarding, you help:

• Reduce campus landfill waste
• Support fellow students with affordable essentials
• Promote a culture of sustainability and reuse at UC San Diego
• Make move-out easier and more responsible

Questions?

For questions about the program, contact the Student Sustainability Collective (SSC) at ssc@ucsd.edu or reach out to one of the participating Residential Life Offices.