In 10+ Year History, UNH’s Trash 2 Treasure Makes Greatest Impact Yet
A student-powered program, this year’s Trash 2 Treasure back-to-school sale saw nearly 2,000 transactions and saved UNH students and their families over $90,000 in back-to-school expenses! A key university-wide program, Trash 2 Treasure collects spring move-out waste – thousands of items – cleans and stores them over the summer to resell at the fall sale. It has kept many tons of waste out of the landfill, everything from bookcases and books to microwaves to clothing, books, and fans.
A profound thank you to the UNH students and employees who helped made this year’s fall sale a big success – an incredible example of our campus community coming together to address complex sustainability issues.
Summer Volunteers
Students
Gracie Solomon
Carli Gauvin
Kyle Conti
Brendan Connelly
Ami Ha
Employees/Sustainability Ambassadors
Liz Burakowski
Melissa Capen
Ben Bradbury-Koster
Sue Cooke
Jenna Riley
Maggie McCoghnay
Grace Ballou
John McGoldrick
Stephen Bird
Sanjeev Sharma
Melanie Dostie
Sara Varela
Fall Sale Volunteers
Students
Matthew Kling
Leela Hilton
Milica Letic
Olie Castallo
Gracie Solomon
Employees/Sustainability Ambassadors
Susan Chalifoux
Patty Mathison
Sarah Stinson
Nikki Cogdill
Lee Alexander
Student T2T Interns
Justin Wentworth
Marisa Bianchi
Anya Teehan
Student T2T Core Team
Dahlia Russell
Caleigh Mullins
Sydney Blair
Ethan Cutler
Tala Hammon
Nyssa Barrett
Dija Haq
Max Craddock
Sabrina Bernard
Lou Arinello
Eva Hourigan
Olivia St. Onge
Taylor Barry
Annie Ragland
Vic Whitcomb
Freya Sirois
Katie Johnstone
Additional special thanks to our campus partners, we couldn't do this program without you!
UNH Dining for letting us use dishwasher/help clean dishes.
UNH Housing for letting students move back early/giving access to storage in Williamson.
UNH Residential Life for access to dorms for collections and helping support the program.
UNH Facilities for letting us use UNH trucks and putting aside extra items to donate during collections.
UNH MUB for help with room reservation in GSR, set up/using safe, using card readers, and helping support the program.
UNH Transportation services for helping us coordinate/move storage containers.
And finally, a big thanks to the Sustainability Institute and sustainability dual major staff for their incredible coordination and volunteering:
Kelsey Farrell
Emily Abrusci
Kailei Wedge
Jenn Ray
El Farrell
Alexis Dwyer
Wania Ahmed
Erin Hale
Cathy Meyer