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Campus Cleanout | March 3 | 10am-2pm | Hyde Hall (UofM Lambuth) -and- March 10 | 9am-3pm | Student Plaza | Recycle and shred items that are cluttering your office

Surplus, recycle, and shred items that are cluttering your office.

Surplus | Recycle | Shred

Surplus Exchange

Bring unwanted surplus items to the Rose Theatre South Lobby, Room 115, on Campus Cleanout Day, March 11 – 12 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. This event helps departments reduce clutter and optimize university resources by exchanging unneeded items for those that may be more useful.

Wagons and hand carts will be available for check out in the Rose Theatre Lobby and must be returned the same day by 2pm.

Submit a Facilities Service (formerly Physical Plant) work request to Surplus to remove any surplus items that are too large or heavy.

Acceptable Items:  Unacceptable Items: 
Office Supplies Computers
Scanners Laptops
Printers iPads
Monitors Any item with university tag
Chairs  
Lamps  
Pictures  
Radios  
Fans  
Heaters  

 

Recycle

A recycle table will also be available on March 12th from 9am-2pm next to the mobile shred truck.

Acceptable recycle items include: batteries, ink/toner cartridges, Styrofoam, and cardboard.

Shred

A mobile shred truck will be available to shred confidential documents onsite, March 12th from 9am-2pm. The truck will be parked on the Student Plaza, between Rose Theatre and the University Center.

The destruction of university records requires prior approval. View instructions related to destroying University records. 

ONLY paper products from the University are allowed (staples and paper clips are okay).

NO BINDERS. Please remove all items from binders prior to arrival

This event is for the destruction of University-related confidential documents ONLY. Non-confidential documents should be discarded in recycling bins on campus.

This event is open to University of Memphis personnel ONLY.

Submit a Facilities Service Work Request at least three days prior to the event if assistance is needed in moving any materials confidential from buildings.

Please include the following information on the work request:

  • Select “Confidential Shred Bin” in the drop-down list for the Type of Problem.
  • In the Description, include an approximate amount of material to be picked up (i.e.. quantity of boxes or bins) and reference the pickup is associated with the Campus Cleanout Event.

For questions about this event, please contact Amelia Mayahi at a.mayahi@memphis.edu.