New2U

The New2U Sustainable Move-Out Collection and Move-In Tag Sale is a waste reduction program run by students and staff and supported by Facilities & Campus Services and many other partners across the campus. Volunteers and campus staff collect unwanted items like clothing, futons, lamps, and TVs during Move-Out, and resell these items during a Move-In tag sale. Now in it's tenth year, New2U is able to sell thousands of new or gently used items back to students, faculty, and staff at affordable prices in our new permanent location in Hampden Dining Commons! Since the program's inception, New2U has been able to divert over 100,000 pounds of items from being sent to a landfill.

New2U is Hiring!

New2U is hiring unpaid volunteer positions and a paid Storefront Manager/Volunteer Coordinator for Spring 2025 Grand Opening! Apply on UMass Handshake: Search Job#9493310 for Volunteer and Job#9493402 for Manager position.

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9th Annual New2U Tag Sale

The 2024 New2U Tag Sale took place on Saturday, August 31. Over 3,000 students attended the one day tag sale. All proceeds will be used for New2U operations and transitional expenses as we move into a year round thrift store beginning late fall 2024. Follow Sustainable UMass Instagram (@umass_sustain) for grand opening announcements.

History of New2U

In 2013, Campus Sustainability Fellows saw just how much waste can be generated when over 13,000 students move out at the end of each year. At the time, most of the items that were being thrown in a dumpster were only lightly used, or even new! A dedicated group of student sustainability leaders decided they must create an innovative solution to this problem, and so the idea of New2U was born.

The program is organized by students and sustainability staff and is a collaboration between student leadership, Sustainability, the Office of Waste Management, Moving Services, and New Student Orientation. The program initially received planning assistance from the Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN), a non-profit that helps students create zero waste solutions on college campuses. Proceeds from the sale are used to fund future New2U events and other projects that are funded by the Sustainability Innovation and Engagement Fund.

students and staff posing for a group photo during the New2U Collection in front of Hampden Dining Common

Spring 2025 Move-Out Collection

The New2U Move-Out Collection will take place on May 12-19.

Donations are collected, stored, sorted, cleaned, tested throughout the summer months by paid student workers and then sold at the New2U Move-In Tag Sale. Items that cannot be resold are donated to local community survival centers, thrift-stores or trashed (last resort). Foam mattress toppers and textiles are donated to recycling vendor partners. Foam mattress toppers are turned into carpet pads.

You can donate your clothing, linens, and shoes on campus to the Baystate Textile Boxes located in by Brooks Hall in Central and Hampden in Southwest year-round.

New2U List of Accepted Items