Student Move In-Move Out Guide

For over 20 years, U-M Waste Management Services has worked with U-M Housing to make Student Move-In an Earth-friendly event.

What should you do?

Bring cardboard boxes and Styrofoam to your residence hall’s loading dock. Or, if you live in Baits Housing or the Northwood Community Apartments, bring materials to the dumpsters located around the parking lots.

Now What?

Break ’em down! Empty out any trash or foam and flatten the boxes and toss them into the large, blue recycling dumpster.

Flatten cardboard boxes – then recycle them.

What else?

Newspaper and office paper from boxes can also be recycled in the blue dumpster. Place plastic bubble wrap, Styrofoam blocks and packing peanuts in separate bags and place in the designated area near the dumpsters.

Please remember to put other waste materials in the brown trash dumpsters.

It’s the end of April and you’ve finished your final exams. It’s time to pack everything up and move out but YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR THIS STUFF! Sound familiar? If so, OCS and U-M Waste Management Services (WMS) have an alternative besides throwing this great stuff away – donate it!

Beginning a week before resident Move Out times, donation areas are set up inside each residence hall. This area is where residents can donate items they don’t want, can’t believe they own, or simply don’t have room for in their car. Materials are picked up by WMS staff, sorted, and donated to local non-profits. Last year, almost 12 tons of donations were collected from residents like you and donated to Purple Heart, Food Gatherers, St. Vincent DePaul, and the Salvation Army. Please review the table below to determine in which box your donated items should go.

Northwood Community Apartments residents can participate in the Move Out donation program. Yellow collection boxes will be placed in Northwood III laundry rooms. Residents are asked to please bag donations separately according to the type of donation (food, clothing, shoes, etc.).

Items to Donate

Clothing	Must be clean and undamaged. Include items like shirts, robes, p.j’s, socks, coats, hats, etc.
Shoes	Put all of your unwanted shoes & slippers in the yellow boxes marked “shoes.” Tie or bundle pairs of shoes together.
Food and Toiletries	Must be un-opened. Include canned foods, ramen noodles, soap, shampoo, Pop Tarts, tea bags, etc. No glass or perishables please!
Bedding	Must be clean and undamaged. Pillows, blankets, sheets, towels and throw rugs.
Household Items	Must be in usable condition. Include items like small appliances, kitchen and cooking utensils, baskets, school supplies, etc.

Silverware, plates, glasses and trays should be returned to Dining Services.

“Take It or Leave It!”

Please bring large and bulky items like carpets and furniture to the “Take It or Leave It” areas located outside the residence hall loading docks and at Northwood III dumpster areas. And as the sign says, please feel free to take whatever items you find and give them a new home.

Take It or Leave It areas

Carpets and Rugs	Must be rolled up neatly and sealed with cord or tape. Place in designated area outside.
Furniture	Place neatly in designated area outside.