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MIT Saves Five Trailers of Surplus from Disposal – On Five Days’ Notice

By Mark Lennon On October 30, 2013 · Add Comment
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 surplus, including office and school furnishings, desks, seating, file cabinets, shelving, [...]
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Kudos to San Jose State University: A Great Solution for Small Quantity Surplus

By Mark Lennon On October 16, 2013 · Add Comment
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 place to put it, and no way [...]
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More Than 5 Million Pounds of Surplus Furniture and Equipment to Charity in 2013

By Mark Lennon On October 10, 2013 · Add Comment
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 milestone in the dozen years that IRN has managed the Surplus [...]
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