Articles from Installnet

Installnet has surpassed 60 million pounds of office furniture and equipment diverted from landfills through Ecoserv, its award-winning circular decommissioning program.

New research released today finds that diverting three of the most reused office items from landfill – task, desk and stack chairs – avoids far more greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than methodologies currently used by the industry. The research, by furniture solutions company Installnet and Bard College’s MBA program, “Standard Reporting Omits Most Benefits of Reusing Office Furniture – This Must Change,” was developed as part of a new collective’s effort to develop and implement real world solutions to reduce waste.

Getting gently used commercial furniture into the hands of community organizations and people that need it requires planning, collaboration, creativity and expertise, new research from commercial furniture solutions company Installnet and Bard College Sustainability MBA program finds. The paper, “Amplifying Community Benefits by Increasing Circularity of Office Furniture,” is part of a new collective to develop and implement real world solutions.

Commercial furniture solutions company Installnet and Bard College’s MBA program in sustainability today released new research highlighting the growing need to reduce and eliminate furniture waste in commercial buildings. The paper, “Closing Loops, Opening Opportunities: The Future of Circularity in the Commercial Furniture Industry” is part of a new collective to develop and implement real world solutions.

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.