Purchase Captiviting College Essentials Through
LoopU's Sustainable Marketplace
Why LoopU is a Sustainable Option for your College Shopping Needs
At Fordham University, students are becoming more aware of the environmental and social impacts of the way they shop. From textbooks to dorm essentials and fashion, every purchase made leaves a footprint.
LoopU’s second-hand marketplace offers students a smarter, more affordable, safer, and more sustainable way to shop. Through buying and selling used products in good condition within the Fordham community, students are supporting a greener campus whilst saving money.
Reducing Campus Waste
Every Semester, students are moving in and out of residency halls with piles of clothing, furniture, and supplies. Studies find that the average college student contributes about 640 pounds of waste annually. The amount of waste spikes around when the semester ends.
Here at LoopU, we’re dedicated to changing these numbers. Selling second-hand items extends product lifespans and helps to reduce unnecessary waste in our planet.
Cutting Carbon Emissions
When a new product is manufactured, it requires manufacturing, packaging, and shipping, all of which create carbon emissions. The manufacturing and production sector accounts for one-fifth of global carbon emissions and 54% of the world’s energy usage, according to insights from normative.io.
LoopU’s mission to meet up on campus to trade in person cuts down on carbon emissions. Products travel shorter distances and skip the energy-intense production cycles. This lowers the collective carbon footprint of not only LoopU, but also the collective carbon footprint of theentire university community.
Conserving Resources
Every piece of thrifted decor, furniture, clothing, or college material represents conserved resources. From the water used to produce the cotton for furniture/clothing to the metals mined to make electronics, shopping through LoopU helps Fordham reduce the pressure on the environment while meeting their needs.
The Social Benefits for the Community
Building a Circular Economy and Environment for College Communities
The circulation of resources within the student body encourages responsibility, creativity, and a shared sense of sustainability across the university. Instead of throwing away useful items, students can earn money by offering them to peers in need.
Affordability for Students
College life especially in New York City can be expensive.
A second-hand marketplace provides that affordability for essentials throughout time in college.
The options are limitless, from furniture for a dorm room, textbooks for classes, or outfits for events.
Students can save money with us while making eco-friendly decisions.
Conclusion
The university second-hand marketplace LoopU provides is more than just a place to buy and sell—it’s a community-driven movement towards sustainability.
Student shopping has never been greener as we create a system where you are meeting on campus before or after class to buy/sell, removing extra carbon emissions.
Every thrifted item reduces waste, saves money, and strengthens the bond with our community at Fordham.
By choosing us, you set an example of what makes an eco-conscious lifestyle living in the heart of New
York City.