DONATE YOUR BIKE TO BICYCLE RECYCLE
Students, staff and faculty who no longer want their manual or electric bicycles are encouraged to remove them from campus property by donating them to the DOTS Bicycle Recycle program. Through Bicycle Recycle, your bike will be refurbished by RecWell bike mechanics and sold to Terps at a discount at select events. DOTS also works with several local non-profit organizations that will accept non-refurbished bikes as donations.
NEW! RECYCLE YOUR E-BIKE OR E-SCOOTER
If your e-scooter or e-bike is no longer in working condition, DOTS can recycle it for you for free. The lithium-ion batteries inside of e-micromobility vehicles must be recycled in a specific manner as they can cause fires and other damage when disposed of incorrectly. Please do not dispose of your e-bike or e-scooter in dumpsters or curbside garbage/recycling bins.
HOW TO DONATE
- Fill out our Donation Release Form
- Drop off your bike at one of our striped donation racks outside the DOTS office.
WHY DONATE?
Did you know that DOTS identifies and removes as many as 200 abandoned bicycles from the UMD campus each year?
Abandoned bikes are retained as required by law for a year before DOTS donates them to community partners. However, after a year in storage, many of the bikes have deteriorated to the point of being unusable and ultimately end up in a landfill.
Donated bikes are refurbished and distributed to students for an affordable price. When you donate your bike, you reduce environmental waste and make bicycle commuting accessible for other Terps.