A Greener Way to Purge
This spring, Seattle Otakians had much to purge before the consolidation with the Kirkland office. ‘Reuse’ comes before ‘Recycle’. Vendor binders and extraneous office supplies were donated to Goodwill, and old vendor samples (carpet, tile, paint chips, glass, etc) were picked up by Second Use, a local salvage construction company in South Seattle (www.SecondUse.com). Other materials were donated to ArtCorps (http://www.artscorps.org/enlist/donate.html), a nonprofit arts educator non-profit working with schools and neighborhoods.
Some old plotter prints were used for gift wrapping.
Moving boxes were returned to the moving company.
We sent Second Use away with a truckload of old vendor samples.