Semester Collections is a collection of sustainable waste from the Tech Community. 



Current Collection


Fall '09– Denim Drive
Collection Dates: August 31, 2009 - December 11, 2009
Back of the closet, under your bed, down in the basement; wherever your old worn out blue jeans are hiding, dig them out! It’s time to donate them for a good cause! The Office of Student Activities will be collecting denim this semester and donating it to the Blue to Green initiative sponsored by Cotton, Inc.

The denim is collected, broken down, and turned into sustainable insulation for homes. This insulation is then donated to Habitat for Humanity. A complete cycle of recycling!

For more information visit Cotton from Blue to Green

Jeans and other denim items may be dropped off in the Student Activities Office, 112 MUB from August 31 to December 11.

Please only bring clean jeans!

Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead

Past collections!


Spring '09– Electronics
Collection Dates: January 12, 2009 - April 24, 2009
Did you know that computers contains: plastic, glass, wire, connectors, fire retardants and heavy metals such as chromium, lead & cadmium.
Student Activities along with Star Industries in Marquette, MI will provide safe, confidential, and complete destruction and recycling of computers and other electronics. 100% of the computer -- monitor, CPU, keyboard, cables, mouse -- everything! -- will be recycled. No part will go to landfill anyplace in the world.
http://www.infodestruction.com/recycle-details.html
Please drop off items at the Student Activities Office located at 112 MUB. Truck arrives every Tuesday for transprort.

The final collection as of May 5th, 2009 is...
1,503 pounds of computer components recylced!

Items collecting for recycling:
Computers
Game Systems
Accessories
Calculators
Printers
Wire/Cabling
Scanners
VCR/DVD Players
Telephones
GOAL: 1,000 Pounds

Fall '08– Shoes
Collection Dates: August 23, 2008 - December 12, 2008
Reuse-A-Shoe, part of the NIKE Let Me Play campaign, where worn-out athletic shoes of any brand are collected, processed and recycled (material used includes: rubber from the outsole, foam from the midsole & fabric from the upper) into material used in sports surfaces like basketball courts, tennis courts, athletic fields, running tracks and playgrounds for young people around the world.
http://www.letmeplay.com/reuseashoe/
Please drop off shoes at the Student Activities Office located at 112 MUB


Guidelines for recycling:
• Athletic shoes only (any brand)
• No shoes containing metal
• No cleats or dress shoes
• No wet or damp shoes

Michigan Tech collected 118 pairs of shoes to be recycled. Thank you to everyone who participated. The collection was featured in the Mining Gazette at http://www.mininggazette.com/page/content.detail/id/502564.html & on WBUP Channel 10 on November 24, 2008.