The Green Mission, Inc. recently partnered with the Construction Junction and the PA Resources Council to coordinate clean-out and donation of office furniture and other items following Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's Pittsburgh office move from One Oxford Centre to the Union Trust Building.
Howard J. Wein, of counsel with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, who is also immediate past president of Construction Junction as well as former president and current Emeritus board member of the PRC, facilitated the idea with firm management and the nonprofit organizations to ensure good use of the firm's old office furniture.
Buchanan donated approximately 65 percent of the furniture it was not moving to the new building.
Mayur Dankhara, COO of TGMI and Jennie Lumpkin, Director of New Business and their team, were able to find a home for most furnishings quickly at several Pittsburgh school districts.
Stacy Albin, environmental program coordinator with the PRC, worked with the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens to donate about 50 plants.
Mike Gable, executive director of Construction Junction was able to accept a portion of the property and lastly TGMI was able to place a large amount of reusable metal cabinets with the Baldwin-Whitehall School District in the suburbs of Pittsburgh.
"The Baldwin-Whitehall School District is thankful to both Buchanan Ingersoll and The Green Mission Inc for the donation of office furniture. This furniture will be utilized by 11 different school districts in Southwestern Pennsylvania," said Mark Cherpak, Business Manager of Baldwin-Whitehall School District.
"We were thrilled that Baldwin-Whitehall School District, along with eleven others, was able to accept over 2,000 pieces of furniture and over 200 metal filing cabinets for use within their facilities. The ability to divert waste and decrease landfill usage reduces environmental waste. It's a win-win for all involved and allows the district to use scarce funding for more important purposes," said Jessica Marschall, CPA and president and CEO of TGMI.
"As with all waste diversion projects, our goal is to provide the means by which individuals and businesses move toward a paradigm of reuse as the primary mode of asset acquisition before purchasing new," Marschall added.
For more information, visit the The Green Mission, Inc., Construction Junction and PA Resources Council websites.
(Photo: Jessica I. Marschall, President & CEO of The Green Mission, Inc. Stacy Albin, PA Resources Council Environmental Program Coordinator; Mike Gable, Construction Junction Executive Director; and Mayur Dankhara, COO of The Green Mission, Inc.)
[Posted: January 7, 2020] PA Environment Digest
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