MoveOutATX Impacts
2023 ImPacts
850+ visitors to the Free Furniture Market
Approx. 1,200 drop-offs at donation stations
549 pieces of furniture given to community members, and additional 85 pieces processed by a participating organization
Material given a second life (including furniture): 23 tons, 522.8 cubic yards
Nearly $61,000 in estimated economic value
Impacts to date (2017-2023)
Environmental
223 tons of material diverted from local landfills
That’s like the weight of 330 Longhorns or 45 African elephants!
3,742 cubic yards of material given a second life
That’s like filling up 24 semi-trucks (18-wheelers)!
Social & ECONOMIC
$534,028 estimated value of recovered material
$57,500 in property manager savings (2018-2019)
Thousands of under-served Austinites directly benefited by material donated
1,088 pieces of furniture given to community members (2022 & 2023)
In 2018, profits from sold material enough to employ 2 entry-level employees at a reuse organization and provide 23 hours of employee training
Past Partners
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Reuse Organizations
- Austin Area Urban Leaguemoveout
- Austin Creative Reuse
- Austin Mutual Aid
- Central Texas Food Bank
- Goodwill Central Texas
- HEAL Initative
- Lifeworks
- Salvation Army Family Stores
- Street Youth Ministry
- St. Vincent de Paul
- UT Outpost
- Arms of Hope
- JOSCO Products
- Junkluggers
- Thrifthouse
Promo Partners
- Austin Apartment Association
- Austin EcoNetwork
- Austin Materials Marketplace
- Austin Private Dorm Association
- Austin Technology Incubator
- Axis West Campus
- Cain & Abel's
- Capital Area of Council Governments
- City of Austin
- College Houses Cooperatives
- Eyes of Texas Properties
- Friends of Heritage Neighborhood
- Hardin House
- Heritage Neighborhood Association
- Housing Scout
- Hyde Park Neighborhood Association
- ion Austin
- Keep Texas Beautiful
- Longhorn Center for Community Engagement
- Moontower
- Pioneer Real Estate Services
- Property Management of Texas
- Prosper Urban
- Quarters on Campus
- Regents West
- Signature 1909
- State of Texas Alliance for Recycling
- Texas HBA
- Texas Parents Association
- Travis County
- University Area Partners
- University Co-Op
- U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development
- UT Campus Environmental Center
- UT Department of Geography & the Environment
- UT Enviornmental Science Degree Program
- UT Green Greeks
- UT Resource Recovery
- UT Sorority and Fraternity Life
- UT Student Government
- West Campus Neighborhood Association
- Women in Business Association
BUSINESS PARTNERS
- Amy's Ice Creams
- Caffe Medici
- Cava
- Cabo Bob's Burritos
- Dunkin' Donuts | Baskin Robbins
- Freedmen's BBQ
- JuiceLand
- Moojo
- Papa John's Pizza
- Rambler Sparkling Water
- Shoe Palace
- Smoothie King
- Spider House Cafe
- Sway Water
- TCBY
- Torchy's Tacos
- Trudy's
- Tyler's
- Via 313
- University Co-Op
- Waterloo Sparkling Water
- Wheatsville Food Co-Op
2018 PILOT WORKING GROUP MEMBERS
- Erin Andary, State of Texas Alliance for Recycling*
- Paloma Amayo-Ryan, Austin Transportation Department
- Mike Aaron, Community member
- Rachel Aaronson, University of Texas student
- Ray Armstrong, Austin Resource Recovery
- Colton Becker, University of Texas student body president (18-19)
- Billy Barnes, Street Youth Ministry
- Edwin Bautista, University of Texas student
- Natalie Betts, Austin Resource Recovery
- Sarah Boatwright, University of Texas Student Government
- Paul Cauduro, Austin Apartment Association
- John Christophe, Austin Code Department
- James Collins, University of Texas student
- Alexis Cortinas, Goodwill Central Texas
- Andy Dawson, Austin Resource Recovery
- Katie Duffy, U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development
- Brianna Duran, University of Texas Office of Sustainability
- Sylvia Feghali, CANPAC UT Student Government representative
- Andrew Gansky, Keep Austin Beautiful*
- Colleen Halbrook, JOSCO Products
- Niku Hansen, Austin Resource Recovery & student*
- Vaishali Jayaraman, University of Texas student
- Richard Lamancusa, Austin Code Department
- Carole LeClair, Austin Creative Reuse
- Victoria MacClements, University of Texas student
- Scott Miller, Property Managment of Texas
- Ken Mills, College Houses
- Madelyn Morgan, Austin Resource Recovery*
- Ron Neumond, Austin Resource Recovery
- Sara Nichols, Keep Texas Beautiful
- Kathryn Parke, San Miguel Management
- Brad Price, Property Owner
- Zachary Price, University of Texas Student Government
- Vicky Pridgen, Austin Code Department*
- Eladio Romero, Austin Resource Recovery
- Vanessa Scruggs, Goodwill Central Texas
- Iby Setzer, Austin Resource Recovery
- Lynda Shanbulm, Salvation Army ARC
- Blake Stephens, University of Texas student
- Micky Wolf, University of Texas student body VP (17-18)
