There are lots of eco-friendly ways to get rid of stuff you don't want anymore.

Trash to Treasure
The biggest program at UT is called Trash to Treasure; it runs every year in May and August. Students from the Campus Environmental Center pick up donations from staff, faculty, and students. The donations are stored over this summer and resold in a campus-wide garage sale when students return in August. The program reduces waste going to the landfill, provides low cost stuff for UT students, and raises money to support campus environmental programs, like aluminum and plastic recycling. We encourage you to support the program; you can sign up at http://www.TrashtoTreasureUT.com to get an email reminder when the program begins. The 2007 pickup will run May 9-21 and the garage sale will be on August 26, 2007.

UT Surplus
If you are a UT employee getting rid of University property, it must be recycled through UT Surplus. This is also a great way to get low cost furniture for your office. UT Surplus also recycles electronics and computers. You can contact them at 471-7889.

Freecycle and Craigslist
If you have something you'd like to get rid of immediately, you can post it on Freecycle or Craigslist, two communities that focus on reusing stuff that people no longer want.

Computers
You can take unwanted personal computers or peripherials to any Austin Goodwill and they will be recycled for free.

Ink Cartridges
You can bring your ink cartridges to UT to recycle with the Campus Environmental Center.

Books
Books can be donated to the Inside Books Project, an all-volunteer organization that provides free books and literature to Texas' incarcerated population.

Bicycles
Bikes or bike parts can be donated to the Yellow Bike Project or Bikes Across Borders.

Hard to Recycle Plastics 

Plastics that are difficult to recycle such as thick plastic bags can be taken to Cycled Plastics . The plastics you deliver will be reprocessed and put into a form that can be used. Cycled Plastics is located at 10200 McKalla Place in Austin. Click here for a map.

Eyeglasses
Donate your used eyeglasses (with lenses intact) to those who need them in developing countries, where a single pair can cost a month's salary or more. You can drop them off at either Eye Physicians of Austin location: 5011 Burnet or 13376 Research, 583-2020

Have something you're not sure how to dispose of?
The City of Austin has an extensive online waste disposal resource at: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/sws/disposal_a.htm