“Michigan State’s got so much extra stuff that they probably don’t really need once they get something new,” Butterly said.

The store’s Community Reuse Days are different than other days at the Surplus Store because usually only MSU is able to donate items.

This year, the store has added e-waste, or nonfunctioning electronic parts, and confidential papers that need to be shredded to the list of items that will be accepted from the public.

Joel Heckaman, marketing assistant at the Surplus Store and Recycling Center, said the store gives people an easy way to get rid of unwanted electronics.

Okemos resident Dennis Brown donated old printers from his home, hoping they can be put to better use or disposed of properly.

“We’re not using (the printers) anymore,” Brown said. “They just take up space. If (the Surplus Store) can use them, I think that’s fine.”

The public should take advantage of the opportunity to dispose of their electronic materials by bringing them to the Surplus Store this week, Heckaman said. E-waste recycling is not offered every week to the community because of the high volume of electronics the store would receive.

“If we offered it year-round to the public, I can’t even tell you how much stuff we’d get,” Heckaman said. “To be able to offer it to public every once in a while is something we can do to be more involved with the community.”

Though Heckaman said the public cannot donate every week, the store always welcomes the public to visit the store in search of items being sold or given away. Items collected at the store are sorted into categories of what to sell, what to give away and what to get rid of, Heckaman said.

Ovid, Mich., resident Don Malkin considers himself a Surplus Store regular, and he prefers MSU’s Surplus Store and Recycling Center to other resale stores in the area because it has a bigger variety of items for sale.

He said he particularly likes the free bin.

“There are a lot of things I can use or recycle in the free bin that would otherwise go in the trash,” Malkin said. “I like recycling. … It feels good to help.”