Give & Go Donations

Each year, UK Recycling partners with multiple community groups to donate usable unwanted items students living on campus choose to donate instead of throwing away. UK Recycling places Give & Go Donation Stations in the lobby of every residence hall on campus during the last weeks of each semester.

The following items are accepted:

• Clothing
• Shoes
• Household items—reusable plates, cups, mirrors, plastic drawer organizer, lamps, etc.
• Bedding—sheets, comforter, pillows, mattress topper
• Linens and towels
• Non-perishable, unopened food

Thanks to our participating partners—Big Blue Pantry and Goodwill Industries.

NOTE: Donations were low in 2020 due to a stark decline in residents throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Who Can Participate?

Any student living on campus (undergraduate, graduate, sorority & fraternity) can participate in this program.

Each residence hall receives a large blue bin (pictured below) for the lobby. Sororities and Fraternities will need to call 859-257-6234 to request a collection of donations.

Household items & non-food items are donated to:

• Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, a community based non-profit organization that provides employment to Kentuckians who are recovering from addiction, reentering society from incarceration, lacking education or transportation, unhoused or homeless, surviving chronic poverty, or living with an intellectual or physical disability.

Non-perishable food items are donated to:

• Big Blue Pantry, a campus organization that serves University of Kentucky students who are experiencing food insecurity or hunger.