Move Out Donations

Thank you for visiting the Move Out Donations Page! Move Out Donation stations are now closed for 2022.

If you have a late stay and still need to donate items, please see our Eco-Map! You can also email recycle@tufts.edu with any questions. 

updated 5.23.22

SENIOR MOVE OUT: Donation vans will be open outside of Haskell on Latin Way, at 51 Winthrop for CoHo, and outside of Aidekman across from Sophia Gordon Hall. They will be staffed from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm. Please come during that time.

Between finals, saying goodbye to friends, and figuring out summer plans, packing might not be the first thing on your priority list. At Tufts, Move Out is designed to make it easy and simple for you to reduce your waste. Move Out Stations will be available across campus so you can donate and recycle your waste instead of sending it all to the landfill.

Move Out 2022

The Office of Sustainability collects donations and assists with specialty recycling to divert from the landfill during Move Out. All usable goods will be provided to students who need them at our fall Back to School Sale. 

Donation Station Locations

There will be three 24/7 UPod drop-off locations

1. Haskell Hall on Latin Way
2. Houston Hall Parking Lot
3. Hill Hall parking lot

Donations Station Dates and hours

UPod stations will be open 24/7 starting Monday May 2nd, 2022 through Monday, May 23rd, 2022. Please drop-off donations inside the UPod. 

Donation stations will be staffed each day from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm if you would like additional help sorting your donations and recyclables. 

Accepted Donation Items

• Clothing, sheets, shoes
• Household items: storage containers, dorm decor, fans, vacuums, large and small lamps, mirrors, waste bins, laundry baskets
• Dining hall dishes 
• Books and school supplies 
• Crutches and exercise/sports equipment
• Unopened, non-perishable food
• Cleaning supplies: laundry detergent, brooms and sweepers
• Toiletries: Unopened bottles, feminine hygiene products
• Kitchen cookware, working kitchen appliances
• Working electronics
• Furniture
• Rugs
• Media items (DVDs, VHS, CDs, vinyl records, Blu-Ray, etc.)

We will have additional collection bins at both the lower and upper campus donation stations for recycling the following:  

• Plastic film, including grocery bags, air pillows, bubble wrap, and produce bags 
• Broken small electronics 
• Compost   

We DO NOT accept:

• Mattresses
• Pillows
• Hangers
• Hazardous items (for more information about battery and lightbulb recycling at Tufts, visit our specialty recycling webpage)

Recycling and Waste

To increase the efficiency and equitability of Tufts’ Move Out process, bring your recycling and trash to an outside dumpster. This will ease the roles of our hardworking custodial and Facilities staff.

Recycling

Recycling dumpsters have blue lids. View up-to-date locations of campus recycling dumpsters on our Eco-Map.

View our website for more information about how-to-recycle and specialty recycling at Tufts.

Trash

Trash dumpsters have black lids. View up to date locations of campus trash dumpsters on our Eco-Map.

View our website for more information about how to properly dispose of your waste at Tufts.