MSU Surplus Store

Thursday, August 09, 2012

Introducing: Go Green rewards!

By shopping at the Surplus Store and using the Public Drop-off Center, you guys are supporting our reuse, repurposing, and recycling efforts at an incredible rate. With your help, last year MSU Surplus Store & Recycling diverted at least 10 million pounds of items and materials from the landfill. We think that's a big deal, and we want to give something back to those of you who helped.

You may have noticed that we've already started giving away prizes... we've been handing out MSU Dairy Store ice cream coupons at the Drop-off Center on busy days, we asked for Before and After photos two weeks ago, and many of you have already participated in the Friday Find-it challenges. Sometime this fall, we will incorporate all of these and other opportunities (including volunteer events) into chances to earn these and other rewards, such as MSU collectibles, apparel, and exclusive on-campus experiences.

In the meantime, keep up the good work! We will continue to give out prizes until the program is officially launched, so be on the lookout for those chances weekly. Follow @MSU_Recycling on Twitter for hints regarding the days and times we'll be handing out ice cream coupons.

If you're in an MSU department that would like to get involved with the Go Green rewards program, please contact us.

Friday, August 03, 2012

Friday Find-it for 8/3/12

It's time for our the Friday Find-it giveaway, and we've got a new prize starting this week. Find Jabber Jaw in all the pictures to win!

Click here for details and instructions

Click here to view a full-size copy of Image 1. Click the image for a lower-resolution copy to download.

Click here to view a full-size copy of Image 2. Click the image for a lower-resolution copy to download.

Click here to view a full-size copy of Image 3. Click the image for a lower-resolution copy to download.

Submissions are due by 6pm on Tuesday, August 7. Feel free to write to us if you have questions. Good luck!

Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Send us your reuse ideas!

As you know, we really like to push the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle mantra around here. We love to see the items we sell (or anything, really) reused or repurposed in creative ways. If you've been to the store in the past few months, you probably saw our Reuse slideshow on the Surplus TV. Now's your chance to get in on it!

As you start your next project, take some Before photos of the raw materials, and send them along with some After photos when you're done. If your project is already finished and on display, just send us a photo of your art, DIY, or household creativity along with a list of what you used and how. We'll start incorporating them into the Surplus TV slideshow right away, and in the future you'll be able to earn points toward Surplus Store & Recycling rewards! If you're stuck, or don't know where to start, check our "Great reuse/repurpose ideas" board on Pinterest. If you have great ideas, but you're not very crafty, just send us a set of instructions--maybe someone else will like your idea enough to give it a try!

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Friday Find-it Prize #2

Congrats to the 32 winners who won our first prize, the MSU CD bundle! Now it's time to announce the next prize for the Friday Find-it giveaway:

We've got 15 copies of then-College Historian Madison Kuhn's Michigan State: The First Hundred Years, which was published in 1955 for the University's centennial.

The book holds roughly 500 pages of MAC, MSC, and MSU history. It starts with Michigan settlers crossing the Erie Canal in 1825, and it continues through the post-war boom, acceptance into the Big Ten, the 1954 Rose Bowl, and Michigan State achieving University status. This is definitely a collector's item for any true Spartan fan!

Anyone can enter, including those who won Prize #1, but you can only win one of each prize. However, feel free to enter each week--it's not just a contest, it's also fun!

For those of you who are just tuning in, here are the steps again for winning the Friday Find-it prizes:

Save a copy of each image onto your computer
Find Jabber Jaw
Put a circle around him using Paint, PhotoShop, or an online image editor like Pixlr
Send the image (with Jabber Jaw circled) back to us in a Facebook message
Come to the Surplus Store during open hours to claim your prize

Good luck!

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Friday Find-it for 7/27/12

It's time for our the Friday Find-it giveaway! Can you find Jabber Jaw in all the pictures?

Click here for details and instructions

Click here to view a full-size copy of Image 1. Click the image for a lower-resolution copy to download.

Click here to view a full-size copy of Image 2. Click the image for a lower-resolution copy to download.

Click here to view a full-size copy of Image 3. Click the image for a lower-resolution copy to download.

Submissions are due by 6pm on Tuesday, July 31. Feel free to write to us if you have questions. Good luck!

Friday, July 20, 2012

Friday Find-it for 7/20/12

It's time for our the Friday Find-it giveaway! Can you find Jabber Jaw in all the pictures?

Click here for details and instructions

Click here to view a full-size copy of Image 1. Click the image for a lower-resolution copy to download.

Click here to view a full-size copy of Image 2. Click the image for a lower-resolution copy to download.

Click here to view a full-size copy of Image 3. Click the image for a lower-resolution copy to download.

Submissions are due by 6pm on Tuesday, July 24. Feel free to write to us if you have questions. Good luck!