"CSU has ended the "Great Sofa Roundup" because of the fear of bedbugs.
Bedbugs? Really? That's the biohazard that they're worried about? We're talking about free sofas dumped by college students.
Though the local and state health departments have not issued any warnings of increased bedbug infestations, there have been some nationwide reports of problems with bedbugs, said Melissa Emerson, community liaison for CSU and the city of Fort Collins."
It just gave us a reason to pause," Emerson said.
The "Great Sofa Roundup" was a sensible solution to the problem of college students dumping their sofas at the end of the year. Instead of dumping your old sofa in the alley or paying to cart it off to the landfill, you just brought it to the free swap-lot."
