After Paris 2024, furniture and sporting equipment will find a second life

Ever surprise what occurs to all of the sports activities tools, furnishings, and different objects used to furnish the varied venues at main sporting occasions? Furnishings and tools from the olympic village and sporting venues in Paris are getting a second life courtesy of B-Inventory and our associate, RGS Occasions (discuss supporting the round economic system on an olympic scale!).

In assist of its sustainable occasion administration initiatives, Olympic Sponsor, RGS Occasions – the official FF&E Undertaking Supervisor of the Video games – is promoting over 45,000 items of furnishings, fixtures, and tools used to furnish the athlete flats, olympic village, and sporting venues. The objects, which embrace arcade video games (pool tables; ping pong tables, foosball tables), chairs (desk chairs, barber chairs, workplace chairs), sofas, tables, and benches, amongst different items, are being bought in bulk portions to the best bidders and shall be delivered following the Video games.

In reality, as of this weblog going dwell, nearly all of objects have already been bought and shall be discovering a second life via 4 totally different enterprise patrons, all situated in Europe!

Listed below are some extra enjoyable info concerning the sale (showcasing what it takes to construct a village of olympic proportions!):

One purchaser bought 10 full truckloads of stock
6,000 chairs – together with desk chairs, barber chairs, workplace chairs, exterior chairs, and ornamental chairs – have been up for grabs
3,000 sofas in various colours and sizes have been bought
The variety of belt limitations took the highest spot, with near 10,000 models obtainable
1000’s of lockers have been obtainable
The remaining objects are open for bidding at: https://bstock.com/majorsportingevent/

Check out a number of the objects up on the market:

This partnership between B-Inventory and RGS Occasions goals to redefine occasion administration and sustainability practices for main sporting occasions and displays each firms’ dedication to lowering waste and selling a second life for items. Enjoyable reality: within the first half of 2024 B-Inventory has bought over 350 million objects by way of our recommerce platform, stopping over 700 tons of stock from going into the landfill.

Right here’s what our two firms needed to say:

“We’re proud to associate with RGS Occasions to offer our enterprise patrons across the globe the chance to safe a chunk of historical past,” mentioned Eric Moriarty, Vice President of Account Administration at B-Inventory. “This partnership exemplifies the ability of collaboration in advancing sustainability initiatives. Collectively, we will maximize the worth of surplus stock and decrease waste, contributing to a extra sustainable future.”

“This collaboration permits us to not solely ship a memorable occasion but in addition to advertise sustainability and accountable consumption. By giving our furnishings and tools a second life via B-Inventory, we’re contributing to a extra round economic system,” mentioned Elliot Ramler, Head of Industrial of RGS Occasions.

The furnishings and tools is being bought via B-Inventory’s a number of secondary market gross sales channels, together with a web-based public sale storefront: https://bstock.com/majorsportingevent/.

With a whole lot of hundreds of transactions accomplished yearly, we allow a second life for tens of millions of products, conserving them out of landfills. Companies of all sizes leverage the B-Inventory platform to promote and purchase returned, trade-in, overstock, and different extra merchandise. Our prospects vary from the world’s largest manufacturers and retailers that need best-in-class extra stock administration to entrepreneurs seeking to supply helpful merchandise for his or her resale companies.