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 10, 2013 | Recycling
In 2013 through August, IRN provided more than five million pounds of surplus furniture and equipment to charities in the United State and overseas. Although we’ve cleared five million pounds before, this is by far the earliest in the year that we’ve reached this...
by Mark Lennon | Aug 18, 2013 | Case Study, Recycling
In just four years since 2010, the University of Central Missouri (UCM) has provided more than a million pounds of surplus furniture and equipment to charity. UCM is home to 9,500 undergraduate and over 2,000 graduate students in Warrensburg, sixty miles from Kansas...
by Mark Lennon | May 26, 2013 | Recycling
There’s a problem trying to be an environmentalist. The problem is Mom. I try pretty hard to be pretty good dealing with the environment. I only heat two rooms in my house and I keep them at 50 most of the time. I don’t heat my bedroom at all, I sleep under a big pile...
by Mark Lennon | Apr 16, 2013 | Recycling
I had a meeting this afternoon in a place called Ashburn Virginia. Of course you have never heard of Ashburn, Virginia, because Ashburn, Virginia doesn’t exist. It is not a town, it is not a township, it is not a city or a community. It is a “Census Designated...
by Mark Lennon | Sep 27, 2012 | Recycling
Why doesn’t this issue go away? I don’t know why this issue doesn’t go away. I guess it doesn’t go away because: (1) People want to make money, (2) Other people want to save money, (3) Some people who want to make money will tell lies to do that, (4) Some people who...
