Each year, move-out activities generate a significant amount of waste that ends up in our landfills,  causing further environmental degradation. With some simple planning, you can be part of the solution. MarKept Move Out is designed to make that process easy and accessible.

After a hiatus, Markept is back! We are collecting donations at a drop-off site (Holthusen Hall). Please see below for a list of acceptable items.

Accepted Items

Items NOT to Accept or Donate  

All items should be in good condition and free of major tears, stains and smells. 

  • School supplies, office supplies 
  • Cleaning & toiletry products, soaps 
    (any amount other than empty) 
  • Laundry supplies (detergent, hampers, etc.) 
  • Kitchenware 
  • Small, working appliances in good condition
  • Table Lamps
  • Textbooks 
  • Resusable tote bags
  • Microwaves and mini fridges
  • Clothing
  • Decorative Items
  • Sofas » if in good condition, consider donating, selling or storing over the summer
  • Futons, futon frames » if in good condition, consider donating, selling or storing over the summer
  • Large carpets » if in good condition, consider donating, selling or storing over the summer
  • Aerosols or hazardous materials » submit a work order
  • Nonworking TVs, lamps, phones, computers » submit a work order for pickup
  • Nonperishable food » if past expiration date or within two months, must be thrown in the trash.  
  • Books in bad condition » recycle
  • Mattress pads » trash 
  • Used personal care items » trash 
  • Mattresses » trash

How Does it Work?

Iggy's Market and the Backpack Program will be accepting donations between April 30th through the end of May.

Acceptable donations can be dropped off in the Backpack Program in Holthusen Hall at 1324 W Wisconsin Ave.

You can drop-off during the Backpack Program's open hours (found here) or email christine.little@marquette.edu to schedule a drop off.
Student Acknowledgements

After seeing overflowing dumpsters year after year, student Carlos Gonzales, Eng '21, decided to pitch his idea for a “Marquette Yard Sale” during the 2021 Brewed Ideas Challenge, run by the 707 Hub. Through his research, he identified opportunities to make Marquette more sustainable and inclusive with this initiative. Placing second in the Social Impact Track reaffirmed the potential and need for a student-driven, sustainable approach to move-out.
In fall 2021, Marquette Sustainability took the concept and applied for an Explorer Challenge Grant to launch the pilot program-MarKept Move-Out.

The goals:

  • Give new life to gently used goods that end up in Marquette’s dumpsters at the end of the year and ultimately in Wisconsin landfills by creating a system that makes it easier for students to donate these items.
  •  Increase access and affordability to a Marquette education by offering an on-site yard sale during student move-in that sells goods diverted from move-out at a drastically reduced price.
  • Reinforce Marquette’s call to social and environmental responsibility through action in a way that is unique to our Jesuit, Catholic identity and honors our commitment to the Laudato Si': On Caring for Our Common Home encyclical. 

The development and delivery of this program would not have been possible without the perserverance and dedication of Sarah Knott 23'. She worked tirelessly on everything from the grant application to managing logistics & operations, to running the program.

A big thank you to Marquette students Brent Brunner, Grant Boyer, Rob Lagerman, and Matthew Dornbos for giving life to this project by creating a brand name (MarKept) that speaks to the mission of the program and embodies the vision of Marquette's sustainable future.