ReSource Product 360:
Containers Benefit School

Published Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Pleasant Ridge Montessori uses items from ReSource to not only improve their school's recycling output, but also to raise make money.

The Donation: A local automotive manufacturer donated more than 1,200 recycle bins to ReSource.

The Discovery: Ruth Anne Wolfe, Pleasant Ridge Montessori parent and secretary of the Pleasant Ridge School Foundation, Inc., discovered the bins while browsing the ReSource warehouse.

The Re-Use: "I wanted to show you the way the black containers we found at ReSource have been transformed into a TerraCycle cart," wrote Wolfe in an email to ReSource executive director Molly Lohr.

"Children drop the items from their lunch into these TerraCycle bins so we can send them to TerraCycle, get money for the school, and keep trash out of the landfill! Your work at ReSource gives us items like this that we can use at such a reasonable fee that it really helps our organization! Thank you to you and your board members and business donors."

The Follow-up: "A few" recycling bins are still available at the ReSource warehouse, according to Lohr. ReSource member nonprofits can acquire them for $1 per bin. For more information, call Carol Amato at 513-554-4966.

The Need: Curious how you can help non-profits as a corporate donor to ReSource? Right now, non-profits in our community are working hard to fill growing community needs including unemployment, homelessness, loss of healthcare and food insufficiency. In order to fill the growing community need, our member non-profits are requesting a variety of materials to assist in their operations and to provide to their clients. Your company's surplus may include the following much-needed items. (PDF format) Use ReSource’s free pickup service to solve your company’s problem of surplus inventory and also help area nonprofits. Just call Tracy Brown to coordinate your donation at 513.554.4944.

Do you want to share a story about a product your organization received from ReSource? Email molly@resourceweb.org with the information and photos, if available.

The following article appeared in our January 2012 e-mail newsletter. Join our free email list.