Reuse

Choose to Reuse

Join Choose to Reuse by donating and/or swapping gently used items from your home or office, held on the third Thursday of the month. Check the website for event locations, which may vary. 

Here are some other ways you can reuse responsibly:

• MIT reuse listservs
• Environment, Health, and Safety's chemical exchange
• Extend the life of your possessions by attending a local Repair Cafe or Fixit Clinic event
• Shared office supply systems

Save money by finding on-campus resources with Rheaply

Rheaply is a free-to-use marketplace that identifies available resources for reuse across campus—from computer equipment to lab supplies. Rheaply is open to any MIT community members with a Kerberos account, and you can use it to:

• List surplus equipment and offer it to the wider community
• Post requests for specific equipment and supplies you need for your lab, center, or department
• Personalize your Rheaply homepage to filter items of interest and receive notifications when matching items are posted

Learn more in this Rheaply Walkthrough Video.

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Additional reuse activities at MIT

• Collective Reuse supply sharing at MIT School of Architecture and Planning
• Sharing shelves and tables, such as Infinite Reuse near the Toy Lab
• DLCI mug sharing programs
• MIT alum-founded Chop Value collects and upcycles chopsticks from the Sloan Cafe
• Trash to Treasure is a student initiative to rescue discarded dormitory move-out goods and sell them back at the start of the next year
• Eco-Clamshells/Green Box is MIT Dining’s take-out reusable food container program
• Swapfest: The Flea at MIT is a regularly occurring techno-focused thrift market pop-up event
• The MIT campus has over 500 water fountains for bottle refilling
• MIT hosts fourteen bottle-less sparkling beverage vending machines
• DLCI bulk coffee service avoids single-use waste