Make your move-out count: Recycle and donate during finals week
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 28, 2025) — As students pack up and head out for the summer, don’t toss it — recycle or donate it. During finals week, Wednesday, May 7, through Friday, May 9, University of Kentucky Recycling staff will be stationed near the outdoor compactors at each residence hall to help with move-out waste and recycling.
In addition to the Give and Go donation program in the lobby of each residence hall, two new recycling options will be available this year. During move-out, UK will be collecting foam mattress toppers and metal items such as broken chairs or shelves.
What can be donated or recycled at move-out:
- Cardboard, paper and plastics (in the recycling compactors)
- Mattress toppers and metal items (at special collection points near each residence hall’s outdoor compactors)
- Clothing, household items and nonperishable food (in donation bins inside residence hall lobbies and at special collection points outside residence halls)
Help reduce waste during move-out and support UK’s goal of becoming a zero-waste campus by 2030.
For more information on UK recycling programs and sustainability efforts, visit https://recycleblue.uky.edu/.
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