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1. Reducing Student Move-out Waste with the City Alexi Lamm Indiana University Office of Sustainability
2. 60 miles to Terre Haute at 6 mpg UN Photo/Evan Schneider. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/
3. Hoosier to Hoosier (H2H) aims to divert reusable items from the landfill during student move-out, prevent additional resource consumption by selling collected items to students and community members, and raise funds for local charities and other organizations.
4. Second Annual H2H Sale Collection: May-August Storage: Semi-trailers Sale Day: August 20, 2011 Sale Venue: IU Gladstein Fieldhouse
5. Why off-campus? 75% of students live off-campus 42,000 students 11,000 on-campus housing Landlords pay tipping fees On-campus collection since 2002 12 residence halls
6. Organization
7. Joint Publicity City Sustainability Coordinator on Steering Committee City paper coverage
8. Resale Trail Habitat ReStore Average: $1,700 Actual: $5,100 St. Mark’s Extravaganza Goal: $5,000 Actual: $8,000
9. Publicity
10. Donations
11. Collection IU Residence Halls Rental Companies Renaissance Rentals Olympus Properties Abode, Inc. IU Real Estate Jeanne Walters Realty Parker Real Estate Mgmt. Regency Mgmt Service Greek Houses Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Gamma Delta Delta Delta Delta Kappa AlphaTheta Kappa Delta Pi BetaPhi Sigma Nu Sigma Delta Tau Sigma Phi Epsilon ZetaTauAlpha
12. Challenges Coordinating Apartment Complexes Individual pickup requests Scheduling Size of pickup Drop-Offs Bedbugs Truck Volunteers
13. Community Support Volunteers Trucks Habitat Jeanne Walters Food Swing-In Pizza Mad Mushroom Pizza Jimmy John’s Bloomington Bagel Company
14. 2010 Figures 2011 Figures 900 shoppers 100+ volunteers $10,469 gross sales Estimated 20 tons 1,800 shoppers 209 volunteers $17,603 gross sales 27 tons
15. www.indiana.edu/~h2h
16. Photo by Sam Park Questions