Installnet hits major sustainability milestone, diverting 50 million pounds of unused office furniture from landfill
2024年5月9日 - 8:30PM
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Growing demand for reuse serves communities
across North America
- Ecoserv program setting the standard for circularity and
credible reporting
- Since 2012, Installnet has donated furniture to more than
3,000 non-profits and community groups
- New scrutiny of corporate sustainability efforts and
workplace changes driving rapid growth for Installnet
Commercial furniture solutions company Installnet hit a major
milestone this week, diverting more than 50 million pounds of
unused office furniture from landfill through its sustainability
program, Ecoserv. Instead of going to landfill, where the furniture
would have generated dangerous emissions, Installnet kept the
furniture in circulation through resale, donations, and
recycling.
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The effort eliminated the equivalent of more than 91,750 metric
tons of emissions, which has the same benefit as cutting 235
million miles of driving by gas-powered vehicles.
“We are immensely proud of this milestone,” said Dale Ewing,
founder and CEO of Installnet. “Fifty million pounds is 2,500
semi-trucks of furniture still in use instead of being sent to
landfill. Our work helps community groups - from domestic violence
shelters to police stations - devote more of their resources to
serving people in need.”
Watching furniture go to landfill and believing there must be a
better way, Installnet created Ecoserv in 2012. Since then, the
program has evolved and grown to meet the changing needs of
customers, including hybrid work which has prompted many
corporations to downsize and redesign their offices. Installnet is
also strengthening its reporting mechanisms to meet new
sustainability requirements from California and the European Union
expected to take effect next year.
About 17 billion pounds of office assets are dumped into
landfills each year in the U.S., creating emissions equal to those
produced by 5.7 million cars – one-third of all cars sold in the
country each year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA).
Unlike other programs that pick and choose items to donate,
recycle or sell, Installnet takes responsibility for all the items
removed from a site, reporting to clients the total percentage of
items diverted. Last year, the company completed 389 decommission
projects, for an average diversion rate of 79.5%.
A fulltime outreach team matches local nonprofit and community
groups that need furniture with unused furniture coming out of
commercial sites. Finding homes for the unwanted assets within a 14
to 60-day timeframe can be challenging, requiring creative, unusual
solutions.
In a recent project in Birmingham, AL, for instance, Installnet
worked with King’s Home, a nonprofit serving victims of domestic
violence and the homeless to turn laminate worksurfaces into tables
that can be sold in their thrift shop or used in their group homes.
King’s Home took 1,200 worksurfaces from the Vulcan Materials
corporate headquarters building and added legs to them to keep them
out of landfill. Worksurfaces are some of the most difficult items
to reuse and they cannot be recycled.
"This specific donation from Vulcan is such a blessing because
not only are we able to sell these items it also helps in our
backroom operations,” said King’s Home President Lew Burdette.
“Every penny that we make in these stores goes back to helping
others. What a blessing that is."
About Installnet
Installnet, a leading commercial furniture solutions company,
delivers inspired workspaces that help people and communities
thrive. Our custom solutions are designed to serve our clients’
unique needs, from project management to access to Installhub, a
self-serve platform, to Ecoserv, an award-winning circular
decommission program. Many members of our network of 350
installation companies have been with the company since its
founding more than 27 years ago.
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Jessica Clark Marketing Manager 240.260.3458
jclark@installnet.com