New program gives new life to office supplies at Luther College

From staplers to scissors and pens to paper clips, the Luther College Office Supplies Reuse Station provides Luther students, faculty and staff with the opportunity to sustainably dispose of and acquire office and school supplies.
        
Located in room 376 of the Valders Hall of Science on the Luther campus, the Reuse Station is open from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Faculty, staff and students are invited to donate used office and school supply items that are no longer needed.  "It's a simple, sustainable way to get rid of the supplies you no longer need and find the supplies you want," said Luther sustainability coordinator Dan Bellrichard.

Supplies the station could provide include notebooks, folders, binders, staplers, envelopes, paper clips and magnets.  Any of the items at the Reuse Station can be taken at no cost, no check out process and no documentation.  "It doesn't matter how the products are used," said Bellrichard, "what matters is that a second life is given to a once dumpster-bound item."