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A smiling boy in Jamaica, an old piano from Massachusetts

By Mark Lennon On December 11, 2013 · Add Comment
We don’t always get photos or feedback when IRN surplus is distributed in Jamaica or Haiti or Ghana or a small town in Kentucky.  In most of these places there are no smartphones.  Outside of cities like Kingston or Port au Prince, there’s no cell service.   Almost no one has a digital camera.  People [...]
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Cleaning Out a 1930s Manufacturing Plant: Zero Waste, 38% Savings

By Mark Lennon On December 9, 2013 · Add Comment
A Massachusetts firm asked IRN to clean out a retired manufacturing facility. Dating from the 1930s, the plant had been used for production, storage, and administration. Production was shut down and employees moved out in the 1990s.  The plant was used for storage for a few years, but eventually this use was dropped, too, and [...]
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