Georgetown REUSE strives to promote a circular exchange of secondhand items and increase access to sustainability education in Georgetown and the greater community.

REUSE

What We Do

Gathering Donations

REUSE gathers donations around campus and at all of our sales. Bins can be found in Hilltoss, Uncommon Grounds, and in many dorm lobbies. Donations are collected weekly by our operations associates.
Inventorying

REUSE sorts through all donations, selected sellable items and items for external donations. All sellable items are then inventoried based on their original pricing and condition.
Pricing

REUSE uses an algorithm to assign a heavily discounted resale price to each item based on its current state and the initial price it sold for. Discount rates increase as quality declines and as original retail price rises. Our sales team also manually reviews any items assigned a price over $18 to ensure we are charging an accessible price in every instance.
Selling

REUSE sells online and on the Georgetown campus. We are always at the Georgetown Farmers’ Market on Wednesday during their season, and we host partnership pop-up sales. Our online store runs year round with regular uploads of new items.
External Donations

All items unlikely to sell through our operations our donated to Project B Green to make a further impact in surrounding communities. For more information on Project B Green, look into our partnerships.
ReStitch

ReStitch helps grow our impact by mending and upcycling clothing. Community members can drop off items to be mended at any of our sales to be returned at the Farmers’ Market Sales. We also sell upcycled items, like tote bags, at our sales.

How We Make A Difference

Impact

REUSE prides itself on producing educational content in the Georgetown Community. We closely track our impact through sales, donations, marketing, and so much more. We are also always researching and producing informative articles on our website.

Our Impact Articles

Featured

October 28, 2026

The Scary Truth Hiding Behind Georgetown’s Pumpkins

October 28, 2026

A seemingly harmless habit of modern culture is to prop open the door to fall with an overabundance of pumpkins. Yet, rarely does anyone pause at a Georgetown stoop to question the fleeting vitality of the pumpkin, and thus, what happens once the jack-o’-lantern’s smile begins to frown, its vibrant orange color turns brown, and the perfectly painted white pumpkin droops, shallow and round?

Featured Products

Lookout for new weekly drops!

Ribbed Cocktail Glass

$4.00

Original Price: $7.00

Madewell Skinny Flare Jeans

$13.00

Original price: $80.00
Price: S

Orla Kiely Multicolored Patterned Wallet with Tan Interior

$21.00

Original Price: $130

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Our Annual Partner

REUSE is thrilled to announce this school year's annual partner to be Community Forklift. Community Forklift’s mission is to build opportunity, strengthen community, and support a healthier environment through reusing leftover building materials for new projects. Through their material access program, they work to provide materials to homeowners, non-profits, and small businesses to help them create safe, healthy and sustainable homes and promote long-term stability. Each year, Community Forklift diverts hundreds of thousands of items from the landfill through our reuse warehouse store and material donation pick-up and drop-off services. Their alignment with REUSE is based on a shared focus on giving new life to old materials, as well as the key facet of sustainability education. We look forward to this partnership and joint impact efforts.

Community Forklift

Past Partnerships