{"id":8915,"date":"2017-04-18T16:27:37","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T20:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irnsurplus.com\/wp\/?p=8915"},"modified":"2024-02-26T20:15:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T01:15:39","slug":"wentworth-institute-of-technology-sends-a-library-to-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irnsurplus.com\/wp\/2017\/04\/18\/wentworth-institute-of-technology-sends-a-library-to-jamaica\/","title":{"rendered":"Wentworth Institute of Technology Sends a Library to Jamaica"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Situation<\/h4>\n

Renovating its main campus library, Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) had nearly 600 pieces of library furniture to dispose of.\u00a0 There were no ready buyers.\u00a0 And WIT needed the library cleaned out quickly and efficiently to meet its construction schedule.\u00a0 So an as-is-where-is tag sale or piecemeal donation to community organizations wasn\u2019t an option, either.\u00a0 But with a strong commitment to sustainability<\/a>, WIT wanted a better outcome than throwing good furniture into the dumpster.<\/p>\n

Wentworth\u2019s Construction Manager, STV (formerly Diversified Project Management), asked campus mover ABC Moving if they could offer a better solution.\u00a0 ABC is a longstanding IRN business partner, and picked up the phone.<\/p>\n

Planning and Implementation<\/h4>\n

IRN quickly identified a recipient for WIT\u2019s furniture:\u00a0 Food For The Poor, another longtime IRN partner.\u00a0 FFP accepted the furniture for delivery to its central warehouse in Jamaica, for distribution to FFP relief and development projects there and elsewhere in the Caribbean Basin.<\/p>\n

The biggest challenge on the project was Wentworth\u2019s urban campus.\u00a0 IRN overseas shipments are loaded directly into shipping containers, sealed, and then transported directly by truck and ship to their final destination, where they are unlocked and distributed.\u00a0 But there was no room on Wentworth\u2019s campus to park a 65-foot long tractor-trailer.<\/p>\n

IRN and ABC\u2019s solution was to shuttle the furnishings in ABC box trucks to ABC\u2019s warehouse, five miles from Wentworth\u2019s campus.\u00a0 There the furnishings were off-loaded and cross-docked into IRN shipping containers.\u00a0 The furnishings were removed from the Wentworth library one day, and packed and shipped in three overseas containers the next, so there was minimal tie-up of ABC\u2019s warehouse space.<\/p>\n

Composition<\/h4>\n

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Cost<\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/a>At regional landfill rates, Wentworth would have paid about $8,500 to dispose of these furnishings as trash.\u00a0 The cost of reuse through IRN was more than 30% less.\u00a0 There was added cost to shuttle the furniture to ABC\u2019s warehouse, but this was offset by savings in efficiency, because ABC\u2019s movers could work at their own pace, without delays caused by the need to wait for delivery and switch out a dozen or more rolloff containers.<\/p>\n

The Triple Bottom Line of Reuse<\/h4>\n

Reuse Saves Money.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Wentworth\u2019s savings are typical.\u00a0 Savings vary in different parts of the country, depending on regional disposal costs.\u00a0 But one thing is true nationwide:\u00a0 reuse through IRN will cost less than throwing surplus furniture away.<\/p>\n

Reuse Benefits Society.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Wentworth\u2019s furnishings are now helping desperately needy children along the single most promising path to escape a life of poverty:\u00a0 a solid education.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Reuse Benefits the Environment.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 In this single two-day project, Wentworth diverted 30,000 pounds of bulky material from disposal.\u00a0 In 2016 IRN projects kept more than 7.5 million pounds out of U.S. landfills.<\/p>\n

And there\u2019s a fourth.\u00a0 Repurposing U.S. castoffs to benefit our common global community — reuse is just a great story.<\/p>\n

Click here for a PDF of this story.<\/a><\/p>\n

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For\u00a0more information about IRN, how we work, and the Triple Bottom Line benefits of reuse, send us your contact information below and we’ll get in touch. \u00a0You’ll find we’re not salespeople; \u00a0we just love what we do.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Situation Renovating its main campus library, Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) had nearly 600 pieces of library furniture to dispose of.\u00a0 There were no ready buyers.\u00a0 And WIT needed the library cleaned out quickly and efficiently to meet its construction schedule.\u00a0 So an as-is-where-is tag sale or piecemeal donation to community organizations wasn\u2019t an option, … <\/p>\n

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