by Mark Lennon | Oct 30, 2013 | Case Study, Recycling
After decades of hard use, MIT is undertaking a complete renovation of its Sloan Building, hub of the Sloan School of Management, on Memorial Drive in Cambridge. After removing all furnishings suitable for reuse on campus, MIT was left with nearly 850 pieces of...
by Mark Lennon | Oct 24, 2013 | Case Study
MIT Saves Five Trailers of Surplus from Disposal Situation: Renovation of the Sloan Building, longtime seat of MIT’s Sloan School of Management. MIT had a five-day window to plan and implement removal of over 800 items of surplus. Material Composition &...
by Mark Lennon | Oct 19, 2013 | Case Study
Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center – Saving Time, Space, and Money Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, Mass. called IRN for a simple mattress replacement. About 180 new hospital bed mattresses coming in; about 180 “gently used” mattresses going out...
by Mark Lennon | Oct 16, 2013 | Case Study, Recycling
Terri Ramirez at San Jose State University had a familiar issue: lots of surplus, no storage space. Every time a professor or administrator bought a new desk or chair or upgraded old equipment, there was nothing to do with the old except throw it out. There was no...
by Mark Lennon | Oct 15, 2013 | Press Release
Without the surplus provided through IRN, communities in the Second and Third World countries where we work must scrape by with old, inadequate furniture and equipment. These photos show conditions in schools, hospitals and homes before and after their refurbishment...
