How ReSupply is Helping to Reduce America’s Landfill Waste

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Each April, we set aside time for the environment on Earth Day, from cleanups to education events that offer a reminder of the role we all have to play in stewardship of our Big Blue Marble.

At ReSupply, we know that the actions we take daily can help to promote sustainability, and we believe that every day items have a huge role to play.

Our home donation pickup service offers a simple way to reduce waste, while strengthening local communities in the process. Over seven years, ReSupply has redirected more than 36 million pounds of goods from landfills, and put them to work for local charities.

The story of sustainability is woven through our founding, our service, and our impact. 

Reducing waste was one of ReSupply’s goals from the start. While stationed on a military base, ReSupply CEO and Founder Paul Tocci saw the goods that were left behind when families relocated for their next assignment. By transporting goods that were still usable to local charities, Tocci knew that he could reduce waste, and strengthen local nonprofits.

Since then, ReSupply’s home donation pickup service expanded across the country. Along the way, the company’s leaders saw the choice that families have each time they rearrange a room, or clean out a house.

They could take items to the curb, or discard them. Then, they end up in a landfill.

With home donation pickup, families have an option to extend the life of goods, and provide them to nonprofits who are engaged in important work to serve the community.

This was the beginning of a new mission to make giving simple. By providing on-demand scheduling and home pickup of household items, ReSupply harnessed logistics technology to provide hassle-free donations. By making giving simple, the choice to donate instead of discard is much easier.

 The truth is that many household items that are discarded still have value. About 80% of furniture and home goods are only used once, and large household items such as furniture and mattresses take up some of the largest portion of space within landfills. By choosing to donate, those items are instead going to the retail stores of nonprofits, where they are sold at affordable prices to families, and fuel the mission of local charities.

 

As Earth Day arrives, we’re reminded that an action in one place can have an impact everywhere. By choosing to donate a household item, you’re promoting reuse and circularity. By choosing to schedule a home donation pickup through ReSupply, you’re embracing innovative processes that leverage technology’s scale and logistics expertise to strengthen communities. That’s how we weave sustainability into the fabric of our lives, every day.

Schedule a pickup within 24-48 hours today at the ReSupply website or by calling 781-725-6161.

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ReSupply has kept more than 80 million pounds of furniture and household goods out of American landfills — and delivered over $90M in resources to nonprofit partners.

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The ReSupply Team writes about donation pickup, charitable giving, and what happens to your items after they leave your home. Our team coordinates pickups with more than 3,000 charity partners across the USA, and we publish directly from the common questions donors and local community organizations ask us.

 

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