Benefits of reuse
IRN's Reuse Program is a Quadruple Bottom Line Solution for surplus furniuture and equipment
Cost
On average, reusing surplus furniture through IRN costs about 25% less than throwing it away.
Environment
Reuse keeps valuable assets out of the landfill, and contributes to LEED and other environmental certifications.
Community
Children, families, and communities in America and around the world reap benefits for years to come.
Public and Community Relations
Reuse is a great story. IRN can help with press releases, stories, media, and other publicity about your projects.
What we do
IRN matches your inventory of surplus furnishings with one or more of our network of 150+ nonprofit partners. Then we take care of all the details and logistics to make the transfer happen.
1. Inventory
How many, and what kind of items are there? This is what IRN offers to its charitable partners.
2. Project Information
What is the location, schedule, material composition, site layout, and who will provide labor?
3. Proposal
We provide a detailed proposal and not-to-exceed budget that spells out roles and responsibilities for all involved.
4. Implementation
Movers and trailers arrive on your site, the surplus is removed and loaded, and the trailers drive away. As simple as if they were dumpsters. Simpler, because there are fewer of them, so there’s less traffic and less commotion.
5. Conclusion
We provide a detailed wrap-up for every project, specifying exactly what we loaded (piece count and tons shipped), where and to whom it was provided.
IRN’s impact
We place your surplus where it’s most needed
Connecting with IRN was one of the most fulfilling things I’ve done as a Residential Operations professional. The knowledge that our furniture was going to help people instead of rot in a landfill gives me peace of mind and saved us precious budget dollars on tipping fees.
James “JJ” Brice
Associate Director of Operations & Crisis, Binghamton University
Binghamton University provided more than 1,000 pieces of residential furniture to Native American tribal schools and Habitat for Humanity.
IRN and reuse were the best decision we could have made on this project. IRN was incredibly flexible as the project developed. Everything happened as it needed to, on schedule, on budget.
Kathy Young
Vice President of Support Services, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital relocation yielded nearly 1,800 items for reuse in hospitals and clinics in the Caribbean.
Our school was lacking desks, so education was delayed for some time. I would like to thank Helping Hand (and IRN) for providing our school with desks for our students from 1st to 7th grade.
Confidential
Director, Al-Khansaa Secondary Mixed School, Amman, Jordan
Jefferson County (Colorado) schools provide furnishings for local and refugee children in Amman, Jordan.
It was one of our future plans to have the new school wing furnished. This is now a reality. Thanks to Tahanto we no longer have to contend with a shortage of chairs and desks and that is so important.
Anecia Creary
St. George’s College, Kingston, Jamaica
In the coldest week of the year, IRN filled two trailers with furnishings from the Tahanto Regional Middle/High School in Massachusetts. The furnishings were provided to St. George’s College, a K-12 school in Kingston Jamaica. There they made possible the upgrade of classrooms filled with barely usable desks and seating, and furnished an entire new wing of the school.