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IRN, Boston University, Univ. of Central Missouri, & Staples Partner for Joplin Tornado Relief

IRN Ships 4.8 Million Pounds to Relief Efforts in 2010

Summer Project Reminder, and Special Request for U.S. Disaster Relief

Paul Harris Establishes Full-Time IRN Presence in California

IRN Passes 30,000,000 Pounds of Surplus Provided to Relief Project

Surplus From San Mateo Juvenile Detention Center Aids Jamaican Schools (10/28/2010)

Haiti Update (October 2010)

IRN and Deconstruction and Reuse Network Announce Partnership for Surplus Property Reuse (9/26/2010)

City of Newton (MA) Provides 115 Tons of Furnishings for Disaster Relief (9/1/2010)

Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium (MHEC) and Institution Recycling Network Recycle 414 Tons of Electronics in First Year of Contract (8/25/2010)

IRN Celebrates Ten Years in Business (4/12/2010)

Lahey Clinic Cafeteria Is Destined for Haiti (4/9/2010)

IRN Provides 4.6 Million Pounds to Disaster Relief in 2009 (2/24/2010)

Surplus from Hillsborough County (NH) Courthouse Renovation Sent for Disaster Relief (2/16/2010)

Headquarters move combines redeployment, reuse, and recycling of 115 tons of furnishings, zero disposal

6,235 Surplus Items Shipped for Reuse from Oracle Campus

Genzyme: Less-Than-Truckload Pickups of Surplus, Major Savings in Waste Disposal

IRN Coordinates Relief Shipments for Joplin Tornado Victims

Bellarmine College Prep (San Jose, CA)

Drexel Univ. (PA): Weekly Small Quantities

Video: Boston University

Ursinus College (PA)

Newton North High School (MA)

Cony High School (ME)

Boston University Basketball Floor

Manufacturing Facility, MA

Lincoln Technical Institute (NJ)

Good Samaritan Hospital (MA)

San Mateo (CA) Juvenile Detention Center

Company C Adopts OneStop Recycling: 88% Waste Reduction, 58% Savings

98% Reuse and Recycling at UNH DeMerritt Hall

Smith College: Deconstruction, Reuse, & Recycling For 97% Waste Diversion

Putting All the Pieces Together: Columbia Reality House

Aggressive Recycling and 62% Cost Savings at Boston Scientific Corporate Campus

Northeastern University provides over 1,100 pieces of dorm furniture to Jamaican orphanages

Green Salvage Program Provides Training for Local Workers at Columbia University

Boston University Partners With IRN for Campus-Wide Surplus Property Reuse

Bellarmine Prep Contributes Hundreds of Student Desks to Haiti/Caribbean Relief

Deconstruction, Reuse, and Construction/Demolition Recycling To Achieve Reuse+Recycling Rates >90% (St Gobain Innovation Day, Paris, June 2011; 3.3MB PowerPoint)

IRN teamed with Nilda Mesa from Columbia to present a comprehensive introduction to deconstruction and C&D recycling at Greenbuild 2010 in Chicago

Managing Surplus Property for Reuse: Options & Getting Started (ReuseConex, October 2010)

Charitable Reuse: A Sensible Option for Surplus Assets (September 2010)

Economics of the Three R’s (Green Office/Green Facility Conference, June 2010)

Columbia University Reality House Deconstruction, Surplus, D&D, Recycling & Job Training: Going for the Gusto (AASHE Greening of the Campus VIII, September 2009)

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Grave to Cradle: An old California sink gets new life in Jamaica

IRN Coordinates Relief Supplies to Joplin Tornado Victims

St. Joseph's University Drexel Library, May 2011

Columbia University Reality House Cleanout and Job Training

IRN in the News

County’s Recycling Benefits Jamaica
San Mateo Daily Journal
11/15/2010

Interview with IRN Principal Mark Lennon
Healthcare Design Online
September 2010

Univ. of Notre Dame Utilizes Program to Make a Difference With Their Waste
GlobeNewswire
1/27/2010

Recycling Group Gets to Work to Help Haiti
Concord Monitor
1/25/2010

Recycling group gets to work to help Haiti
Concord Monitor Online
Jan 2010

Construction Industry Labors to Reduce Landfill Debris
Valley Business Journal
11/9/2009

Transforming the Commercial Waste Management Model
Solid Waste & Recycling
October-November 2009

IRN Introduces Dedicated Surplus Website
October 2009

Shipping health care to other countries, room by room
Boston Globe
Oct 2009

Green Salvage Program Provides Training for Local Workers
The Columbia Record
9/25/2009

Avoiding the Landfill
Today’s Facility Manager
June 2009

Reducing Our Environmental Footprint
CONNstruction
Winter 2009

Recycling turns into relief effort
Boston Globe
Jan 2009

University of New Hampshire Recycles 98% of Building
WasteNews
12/12/2008