The transitional period of going from high school (living with parents) to college (living on your own) is a time where money can often be very tight. The expenses one incurs through college seem to never stop coming and OSUsed is here to help students through the cheap transfer of necessary clothing.
OSU specific clothing, professional attire and weather oriented clothing are all quite necessary for a student at Ohio State. Purchasing these articles can be extremely expensive if done brand new. By using OSUsed, students are offered great alternatives that have stylistic value, a cheaper price tag, and the ability to be purchased and obtained in a short time frame at the Ohio Union. Students and those in the surrounding area experience great benefits through the proper and trusting use of our app, OSUsed, but also the Earth benefits as well. As previously stated, textiles do not degrade as organic material when thrown into landfills. An average person contributes 80 pounds of textile waste to these landfills each year. These landfills, in fact, grow by tens of millions of tons of textile waste per year while less than 20% of that is being recycled.
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lothing waste per person will go down drastically. The aggregate waste from the 60,000 enrolled Ohio State students is almost 5 million pounds and it has the potential to be much greater for students in college. First year students going to events on campus where clubs advertise themselves can accumulate at least a few T-shirts that are often discarded soon after or at least by graduation. In addition, clubs and student organizations almost without question create T-shirts in representation of their involvement. Again, these t shirts are often discarded around graduation if not earlier.
lothing waste per person will go down drastically. The aggregate waste from the 60,000 enrolled Ohio State students is almost 5 million pounds and it has the potential to be much greater for students in college. First year students going to events on campus where clubs advertise themselves can accumulate at least a few T-shirts that are often discarded soon after or at least by graduation. In addition, clubs and student organizations almost without question create T-shirts in representation of their involvement. Again, these t shirts are often discarded around graduation if not earlier.Ohio State students without a question, contribute a large amount to that growing total of textile waste and OSUsed is here to encourage the “thrifty” mindset and the protection of the Earth through this secure app that boasts inexpensive, recycled alternatives to buying new clothes.