Moving In Keene State College Keene, NH “ New Hampshire's Public Liberal Arts College”

Keene State College stats 2600 residential students. Roughly 1100 incoming first year students. First year residence hall re- established. Varied types of housing from typical double loaded corridors to suite and apartment living.

Who is involved? Residential Life staff - including RD’s and RA’s Housekeeping Orientation Staff Physical Plant

Preparations – helpful hints – Early Summer Does your school put recycling containers into student rooms? If the answer is yes, than an early summer assessment of need will be important to order and receive the bins in time. In addition, any cleaning of containers should occur early in the summer for inventory purposes and pest control. Here are some examples of container styles:

Preparations – Container Styles

Preparations – Helpful hints – Mid-Summer Work with housing staff to determine how many students will be moving in What day or days will students move in? Do you have first year student residence halls? Do they move in early? Talk with housing and housekeeping to see if they have concerns or issues relating to recycling or waste management

Preparations – Helpful hints – Mid-Summer Walk through and around all of the residential buildings looking for: Doors that might become trash dumps Doors that might need instructional signs Most convenient path to the recycling/waste management area Outside locations for “Cardboard Corrals” if you plan to use them

Preparations – Helpful hints – Mid-Summer Develop list identifying all: “Cardboard Corral” locations Sign locations Other items of interest (For example, in many years we will save rugs, trash cans and clothes hangers from the previous year and put them at the first year residence halls for students to take)

Preparations – What’s a Cardboard Corral? Orange snow fencing with signage in obvious places NOTE SIGNS

Preparations – Why use a Cardboard Corral? Cardboard is one of the biggest pieces of the Move In waste stream Corrals allow for source separation and easier clean up. Considerations include: how to keep the trash OUT of the cardboard easily accessible and obvious locations

Preparations – Cardboard Corrals are effective tools even if they get messy

Preparations Helpful hints – 1 month before move in Check notes from previous year and update information If you use them, are your in-room recycling containers ready to go? Have you scheduled them to go into the rooms? Check on supplies such as snow fencing and stakes for cardboard corrals. What kinds of signage do you need? cardboard only, no dumping here, recycle here, trash here, etc.

Preparations Helpful hints – 1 month before move in

Preparations – helpful hints - Blue MultiBags One for every room Printing on both sides that explains the program (or whatever you choose) Print out in each bag detailing where recycling and trash containers are located (if you choose) Work with RD’s and RA’s to get bags in every room.

Preparations – helpful hints - Blue MultiBags Each insert is tailored to the building and recycling system in place

Preparations Helpful hints – 1 week before move in Make sure all in-room containers have been put in place. Put “No dumping” signs on all doors identified as potential trash drops. Put directional signs on all doors identified in earlier checks. Put up snow fencing Put out materials saved from previous move- out Get ready, Get set………….

Preparations – How to manage the TRASH?

We use tandem trucks – one for cardboard and one for trash throughout opening week. Our in-house waste management allows us to schedule pick ups every day for the week after move in This year we are considering giving all students a trash bag to use

Other considerations Keeping up with the deluge: Move In Day: Think about traffic pattern changes Timing – the ability to get in and out of areas with workers and vehicles Use alternatives like workers on bikes The week after: Plan to keep Corrals up for a week after move in Schedule additional pick ups for the first week after school begins.

Preparations As with any event, good planning is helpful Make a list of the relevant information and use it as you work with others directly involved in Move In. That way you are assured that everyone is on the same page. Once you develop notes, they’ll only need to be updated from year to year Good luck!