About

Northeastern University’s Trash2Treasure was created to address the immense amount of waste associated with student move-out.

What we do

• Collection: reduce waste on campus by providing an opportunity for students to donate their unwanted items ("trash") to become someone else's "treasure"

• Sale: sell secondhand items donated during Collection for cheap prices to provide a sustainable and affordable shopping opportunity

• Sustainable programming: educate the Northeastern community about sustainable living through engaging events such as thrift trips, upcycling DIYs, and more

Operating principles

• Community-oriented event geared towards benefiting the Northeastern University community: all beneficiaries of money or donations are to be Northeastern University- or Boston-based organizations. The best effort will be made for this same principle to be observed in all operating procedures, from sourcing to disposal.

• An initiative to promote a closed-loop system where waste does not exist.

• Educate students to make smart disposal choices on their own and to observe waste disposal R’s in the proper order: first reduce, followed by reuse, and finally recycle.