IRN: The Reuse Network | Higher Ed: A Quick-Turnaround Project at MIT Snatches 834 Pieces from the Dumpster MIT’s Sloan Building surplus included more than 100 folding and work tables. The surplus was shipped to recipients in Ghana, Nicaragua, and Jamaica. Situation: Renovation of the Sloan Building, longtime seat of MIT’s Sloan School of Management. MIT had a five-day window to plan and implement removal of over 800 items of surplus. Material Composition & Quantity: 834 pieces including office and school furnishings: desks, seating, file cabinets, shelving, work tables, etc. Setting: Urban streets on MIT Cambridge campus. Traffic, access and schedule restrictions. No loading dock. OVERVIEW MIT is carrying out a complete gut-renovation of the 1938 Sloan Building, for decades the admin

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