Are you moving out of off campus accommodation and have items that you no longer need or cannot take with you? Here are some great tips for moving out and rehoming your unwanted belongings!

Take It Home

Ask local supermarkets and shops whether they have any cardboard boxes you can have to pack your possessions in to make transportation easier.

Store

Contact a storage company to arrange storage for some of your belongings over the vacation period.

Use the on-campus Donation Stations (supporting local charities)

• You can donate unopened non-perishable food, kitchenware, small electricals and books at the SU or outside Sherbourne.
• Duvets, pillows and bedding can be donated in the special bins located near residence waste corrals.
• Clothes, shoes and accessories can be donated to the big red British Heart Foundation banks all around campus.

Donate directly to local charities

• Donate items to local charity shops
• Donate furniture to the British Heart Foundation.
• You can donate unopened non-perishable food to the Trussell Trust collection point in Rootes Grocery Store.
• Arrange for furniture to be collected via a Coventry City Council bulky waste collection (in partnership with Emmaus).
• Donate furniture to one of the furniture community reuse schemes in Warwickshire.
• Donate furniture, duvets, pillows, kitchenware and crockery to Carriers of Hope.

Swap, Sell or Give Away

• Clothes via Fashion Exchange at Warwick on Facebook.
• Other items via Warwick Uni Buy-Sell-Gift-Exchange on Facebook.
• List your items for sale on other sites such as Gumtree, Facebook Marketplace, eBay, Vinted or DePop.
• List your items for free on groups such as Freecycle Leamington, and Freecycle Coventry.
• Offer items to your hallmates, housemates, and friends.

Recycle

• Double-check what can go in your blue-lidded recycling bins in Coventry or Leamington, and make best use of your remaining collection dates.
• Take recyclable items to the Coventry Reuse and Recycling Centre or the Princes Drive Recycling Centre in Leamington.
• Compost any food waste by placing it in your brown-lidded bin in Coventry, or food waste caddy in Leamington Spa.

Landfill/General Waste

• Please ensure that any waste put into General Waste could not be reused or recycled via one of the routes above!
• Double-check what can go in your green bins in Coventry or grey bins in Leamington Spa, and make best use of your remaining collection dates.
• Take any surplus waste to Coventry Reuse and Recycling Centre or the Princes Drive Recycling Centre in Leamington.