RESCUE

 

 

The RESCUE, Recycle Everything Save Colby’s Usable Excess, program started in 2001-2002 and has been very successful.  At the end of each academic year, orange RESCUE boxes are placed in the dormitories where small furniture and household items are collected.  Outside drop-off locations for large items -furniture and carpets- are also set-up.  Clothing and furniture are donated to local non-profit agencies and the remaining items are cleaned, sorted, and stored in trailers over the summer.  At the beginning of the fall semester the college holds RESCUE sales for the entire community.  All items collected are sold or donated. Colby’s Physical Plant Department runs the program with the help of many student, faculty, and staff volunteers.

 

Click here to read our EPA Best Management Practice article on RESCUE.