Every Texas State University moveout season San Marcos groans with a collective sigh as couches, television sets, lawn chairs and other various household items coagulate along curbsides, dumpsters and even traffic islands. But Texas State University and the City of San Marcos Neighborhood Enhancement Department are teaming up this year to expand a program that aims to curb the curbside disposal sights, reduce the amount of waste going into the landfill and give back to area nonprofits.
The university has attempted to resolve the waste problem in the past with programs like “Pack it up and pass it on,” whereby students were encouraged to turn in unwanted household items that would then be made available to low-income local families, but it was abandoned when the Office of Community Relations was dissolved in 2016. And others that have launched before or after had less sticking power.
