by Mark Lennon | Jun 27, 2017 | Recycling
Over three weeks starting May 30, IRN completed reuse projects with three elementary, one middle, and two high schools in Las Cruces and Santa Fe, NM. Under an ongoing asset management and replacement program, the districts regularly survey and grade the condition of...
by Mark Lennon | May 30, 2017 | Recycling
Many of you won’t know Karl. Karl Thulin, that is, pronounced Too-Leen. Karl is an anchor of IRN’s back office. From his desk in Concord, Karl is the man who interfaces with our charitable partners and handles their, and our, trucks and truckers. Sometimes, like...
by Mark Lennon | Apr 18, 2017 | Case Study, Recycling
Situation Renovating its main campus library, Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) had nearly 600 pieces of library furniture to dispose of. There were no ready buyers. And WIT needed the library cleaned out quickly and efficiently to meet its construction...
by Mark Lennon | Apr 5, 2017 | Case Study, Recycling
One of IRN’s most productive and satisfying relationships is with Habitat for Humanity chapters and ReStores. When we started handling surplus furnishings, most of our shipments went to charities working overseas. There was nothing wrong with that, but we knew there...
by Mark Lennon | Feb 13, 2017 | Recycling
In June 2016, IRN loaded two trailers from the Foothills and Hutchinson Elementary Schools in Jefferson County, Colorado. IRN’s longtime partner MeTEOR Education is helping Jefferson County with a system-wide furniture upgrade, and when MeTEOR suggested IRN and reuse...
by Mark Lennon | Feb 6, 2017 | Recycling
“With IRN, we provide an example of just what we want to show our students – a solution that’s good for the environment, good for society, and good for our budget.” Matt Cashman, Director of Facilities, Concord (NH) School District A couple of weeks ago Concord...