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

Ever marvel what occurs to all of the sports activities tools, furnishings, and different gadgets used to furnish the assorted 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 companion, RGS Occasions (speak about supporting the round economic system on an olympic scale!).

In help of its sustainable occasion administration initiatives, Olympic Sponsor, RGS Occasions – the official FF&E Mission Supervisor of the Video games – is promoting over 45,000 items of furnishings, fixtures, and tools used to furnish the athlete residences, olympic village, and sporting venues. The gadgets, which embody 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 offered in bulk portions to the best bidders and will probably be delivered following the Video games.

The truth is, as of this weblog going dwell, nearly all of gadgets have already been bought and will probably be discovering a second life via 4 totally different enterprise consumers, all positioned in Europe!

Listed below are some extra enjoyable details 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 offered
The variety of belt limitations took the highest spot, with near 10,000 models obtainable
Hundreds of lockers have been obtainable
The remaining gadgets are open for bidding at: https://bstock.com/majorsportingevent/

Check out a few of the gadgets 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 decreasing waste and selling a second life for items. Enjoyable truth: within the first half of 2024 B-Inventory has offered over 350 million gadgets 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 companion with RGS Occasions to offer our enterprise consumers across the globe the chance to safe a bit of historical past,” stated Eric Moriarty, Vice President of Account Administration at B-Inventory. “This partnership exemplifies the ability of collaboration in advancing sustainability initiatives. Collectively, we are able to maximize the worth of surplus stock and reduce waste, contributing to a extra sustainable future.”

“This collaboration permits us to not solely ship a memorable occasion but additionally 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,” stated Elliot Ramler, Head of Business of RGS Occasions.

The furnishings and tools is being offered 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 tons of of hundreds of transactions accomplished yearly, we allow a second life for thousands and thousands of products, protecting 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 invaluable merchandise for his or her resale companies.