Thousands of items left behind by departing students are offered to freshers as the new term starts.
Eliott Marceau said it was "really great" when you only needed items for a short period of timeUniversities are helping students combat their moving out waste by offering thousands of donated items to freshers.
Every year, thousands of items get left behind by departing students but universities in Bath and Bristol have started recycle and reuse schemes. The University of Bristol is running Take a Plate events where freshers can pick up free kitchenware."We want this to be rolled out nationwide and the schemes to be integrated into the way universities work."Take a Plate has seen more than 1000 items donated by departing students in June which has helped about 250 new students save money on buying kitchenware this term.
After being tested to check they are safe, hundreds of left-behind electrical goods are resold to new students arriving in the city. Lorna Montgomery, founder of Share and Repair, said: "Young people are the future, we want them to take on this mantle of repair and repurpose.Lorna Montgomery, founder of Share and Repair, is encouraging young people to repurpose items"There are a lot of businesses who talk the talk but don't walk the walk so it feels really good to have something in the city that is dedicated to repairing and repurposing," he said.
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