BGSU Campus reStore

The Office of Campus Sustainability is working to reduce the amount of solid waste generated on campus while conserving natural resources through the practice of "re-use" at BGSU!  

Campus reStore

Operated by Campus Sustainability to reduce landfill waste and offer a wide variety of gently-used, donated items from campus to BGSU students, faculty, & staff!

The Campus reStore is currently located in the McDonald Hall Annex which is the northern subsection of the McDonald Residence Hall. Campus reStore patrons should enter through the sliding glass double-doors off of College Avenue, across from Life Sciences.

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Next Event:

TBD
BGSU ID required. Please bring your own reasonably sized reusable bag! Reasonable limit policy will be enforced.

Our policies are typically as such:

NO creating piles, shoppers MUST be able to carry and remove all items from the store, NO re-entry after leaving.

Follow Campus Sustainability on social media for most current updates!

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Donate to the reStore!

Does your office or campus organization have unused supplies/items that others could find useful? Instead of sending them to the landfill, donate them to be reused through BGSU's reStore thrift sale events!

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Want to Donate Items?

Simply submit a request & we'll pick it up within a few days!

(Please box or pack items)

Follow the link below and enter your BGSU login information to view the Work Request page. Select the appropriate location on campus to pickup from and describe the items you want to donate to the Campus reStore.

Submit Request For Pickup

BGSU Campus reStore Policy

  • You are limited to ONE reasonable size bag of items only.
  • NO creating piles of stuff.
  • NO shopping for multiple people.
  • Once you leave, NO re-entry.
  • Failure to follow Restore policy will result in removal from store.

2025 marks BGSU’s Office of Campus Sustainability’s 23rd annual "When You Move Out, Don’t Throw It Out" (WYMO) program, a campus-wide reuse and waste-reduction initiative! WYMO collects still-usable, but unwanted, items from students as they're moving out from the residence halls to prevent these items from getting sent to a landfill.

These items are then offered to local nonprofits as well as given back to the BGSU community at special reStore events throughout the year.

Charities benefitted in 2025 (so far) include:

Cherry St. Mission

Helping Hands of St. Louis

St. Vincent de Paul Non-profit Thrift Store

Charities benefitted in 2024 include:

Off The Streets Toledo

The Cocoon

Falcon Food Pantry

Brown Bag Food Project

BGSU Office of the Dean of Students

St. Thomas More University Parish Food Pantry

City of Bowling Green City Schools Athletics Program

Updated: 04/21/2025 03:33PM