Reuse Room

The Reuse Room has opened in our new location, HSPH Building 1 basement, room B-5, Mondays 9:30-11:30 am and Wednesdays 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, unless otherwise noted below. We are closed during university holidays.

The Reuse Room accepts office supplies and lab equipment that can be reused by students, faculty, and staff. Inventory changes frequently.

Current offerings include:

Office/household supplies: 3-ring binders, labels, hanging file folders, file folders, envelopes, tent cards, 3-hole punches, staplers, paper and binder clips, erasers, small recycling waste bins, paper, magazine holders, paper sorting trays, poster-size paper cutter, toner/ink, large rolls of background paper, gift bags and wrapping paper, DVD+RW disks, small bulletin board.

Lab items: bottle top dispensers, round-bottom tubes in racks, electrode tape, pcr plates, variety of pipette tips in boxes, coveralls, capillary blood collection system, small styrofoam coolers.

Bring your donations and pick up items for free. No donation is required to shop. Generally open on Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. Changes to the schedule will be noted on this website.

Directions:

If you enter the Kresge Building through the revolving door or automatic door near Sebastian’s Café, go past the elevators on your left, which are currently under construction. Looking ahead of you, you will see a hallway that starts with the gender inclusive restrooms. Go down that hallway, away from the cafe, until you reach the stairs at the end. (You are now in Building 1.) You can either take those stairs down to the basement or make a right just before the stairs and go to the double elevators. Take the elevator down to B for basement. At the bottom of the stairs or when you get off the elevator, you will walk down the long hallway toward the loading dock and mail room. But do not take a left to the loading dock and mail room when you see the double glass doors on your left. Instead, continue straight and B-5 will be your first door on the left after that. There are signs to help guide you along the way.

Rules

  • Please donate items during opening hours only. Do not dump items outside of door when room is not open.
  • No large or heavy items (including furniture) are accepted.
  • No broken or soiled items are accepted.
  • No electronics are accepted at this time.
  • Do not bring donations in biohazardous waste boxes.
  • Lab equipment donations:
    • Must be decontaminated and have an EH&S decontamination form attached.
    • Glassware must be cleaned and autoclaved before drop-off.
    • No chemicals or perishables allowed.
    • No needles allowed.
  • Prior to donating any expensive equipment or anything with a Capital Equipment Sticker, please contact your department finance director to confirm if the equipment can be donated and next steps.

Questions? Email susan_bottino@harvard.edu