Case Studies

A Half-Million Pounds of Furniture Saved From the Landfill: University of Illinois
A Top-15 U.S. Bank, Steelcase, and Sustainability
Addison Vermont School High School Furniture to El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Zambia
At Southern New Hampshire University: 1,100 Residential Furnishings Provided to Communities in Five Countries
Best Option Financially, Socially, and for the Environment: Town of Holbrook, Massachusetts
Corporate: 10 Locations, 54 Load Dates, 16,300 Pieces to Reuse – Going All Out for Red Thread
Corporate: A Fortune 100 Tech Firm Places Nearly 2,500 Items for Reuse
Corporate: A Three-Year Series of Projects Recovers >41,000 Items for Reuse
Corporate: California Tech Firm Recovers More Than 6,200 Pieces from Headquarters Move
Corporate: National Consulting Firm: 5 States, 14 Projects, 9 Recipient Organizations
Corporate: Sheraton Boston Hotel Provides 600 Surplus Items to El Salvador Charity
Corporate: Tech Corp Headquarters – Redeployment, Reuse, Recycling, and Zero Waste
Corporate: West Coast Corporate Campus, 2,440 Pieces, 8 Trailers, 6 Weeks
Corporate: Wilkes-Barre to El Salvador – A Christmas Present
Corporate: Reuse & Recycling in a 1930s Manufacturing Plant – 127 Tons Reused and Recycled, 38% Cost Savings
Healthcare: Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center – Saving Time, Space, and Money
Healthcare: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (Boston) Provides 1,800 Items for Reuse
Higher Ed: A Quick-Turnaround Project at MIT Snatches 834 Pieces from the Dumpster
Higher Ed: Art Institute of Philadelphia – 17 Floors, 4,800 Pieces, All at Night
Higher Ed: Binghamton University – Over 1,000 Pieces of Residential Furniture Captured for Reuse
Higher Ed: Boston University’s Basketball Floor Gets a New Home in Jamaica
Higher Ed: Bucknell University to Three African Countries
Higher Ed: Drexel University – Perfectly Good Stuff, and Nowhere to Put It
Higher Ed: Howard University – Eight-Dormitory Cleanout in Downtown DC
Higher Ed: Joplin Tornado Relief – IRN, Boston University, the University of Central Missouri, and Staples Join Forces to Make a Difference
Higher Ed: Reuse as a Way of Life, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Higher Ed: Reuse as Standard Practice at Notre Dame
Higher Ed: Reuse as Standard Practice at the University of Central Missouri
Higher Ed: Small Quantity Surplus at San Jose State University, Cost Savings and 100% Reuse
Higher Ed: Westfield State to Port-au-Prince – Bettering the Lives of Haitian Children
Higher Ed: Seton Hall Redirects 220 Sets of Dorm Furniture From Landfill
K-12: 15,000 Student Desks, Chairs, and Tables Reused Instead of Thrown Away — Jefferson County, Colorado
K-12: A Win-Win-Win at the Kent Place School, New Jersey
K-12: Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, CA
K-12: Newton North High School (Mass.) – 4,200 Surplus Items Provided to Jamaica, Haiti, El Salvador, and Nicaragua
K-12: Norfolk (VA) Public Schools Refresh Six Cafeterias, Send Five Tractor-Trailers to Reuse
K-12: Tahanto Regional Middle/High School, Boylston, Mass. Provides 1,200 Surplus Items to Charity
K-12: Wellesley High School – 4,800 Items, 21 Trailers, 4 Days