Green Up Your Move-Out
Here are a few tips to make your move-out experience easier and more sustainable.
- Review your summer storage options.
- Donate what you cannot pack.
- Seek out Trash to Treasure and other donation opportunities through the spring semester. New homes can be found for most items to reuse, from laundry detergent to plastic storage bins.
- Volunteer with Trash to Treasure!
Trash to Treasure
Trash to Treasure is a student organization dedicated to reducing waste from our annual move-in and move-out cycles. Gently used items are collected at spring move-out and sold to during fall move-in.
Move-Out Resources Beyond Campus
Across the city there are several opportunities to donate gently used items to worthy organizations. Students living off campus contend with additional factors and move on a different schedule than students living on campus. Larger furniture and managing trash are the two primary hurdles. These resources are available to help students off campus plan their move on their schedule.
Greening NOLA Pick-Ups
Greeningnola.com will run pick-ups uptown for items like those collected for Trash to Treasure the weekends of commencement and Memorial Day. Visit their website to learn more and schedule a pick-up. Greening NOLA offers helpful tips for moving and setting up a new apartment as well.
Schedule a Pick-up or Donate Directly
The organizations below are just a few of the local organizations that collect small items as well as furniture pieces for reuse. Learn more about these organizations and their collection services to plan your move.
Household Furnishings and Clothing
- Goodwill
- Nearest donation center: 6235 S Claiborne Ave, New Orleans, LA 70125, across from Tulane’s Claiborne parking lot.
- Salvation Army
- Nearest donation center: 100 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121
- Unity of Greater New Orleans
- Call for pickup 504-483-9300. Will accept mattresses and furniture in good condition.
- Drop-off location is 506 N. St. Patrick St., New Orleans, LA 70119. The current hours of operation are Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cannot accept clothes and food.
- Bridge House
- Call to schedule a pickup. 504-525-3130.
- Food Donations
- Big Red Box Program
- Gladewaves, a local food redistribution organization, facilitates food donations through small pantries modeled on the little free library. The boxes are well suited for modest quantities of nonperishable foods.
- Second Harvest
- Donation Center: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., New Orleans-area donations can be dropped off at 700 Edwards Avenue in the Elmwood/Harahan area, 70123.
Mardi Gras Beads
Mardi Gras beads in clean condition are easily donated. If you missed the Trash to Treasure collections, find the nearest donation locations on the Arc of Greater New Orleans website.
Curbside Trash & Bulky Waste Pickup
“Bulky waste” can be an issue when moving. Bulky waste is waste that exceeds the size and quantity of trash collection bins. Because of the additional volume, a separate collection for bulky waste must be requested. Bulky waste should not be placed outside for collection more than 24 hours before the scheduled date.
If the apartment has city curbside trash service, call 311 to schedule a pickup of any bulky waste. Learn more about municipal bulky waste and trash collections online.
If the apartment has commercial trash service (buildings with four or more units), contact your landlord for disposal instructions.
Dumpsters at Aron Residence Hall
Students are invited to bring excess bagged trash to the move-out dumpsters along Ben Weiner Drive next to Aron Residences through the end of May.
