Press Release: San
Diego – June 26, 2012 – Quintiles recently donated $5000 to local nonprofit
Sustainable Surplus Exchange. This
contribution makes Quintiles one of SSE’s largest financial sponsors to date.
“We chose
to contribute to the efforts of Sustainable Surplus
because it follows our corporate commitment to promote sustainability and support
our community,” said Michael Acosta, Sr. Facilities Coordinator .
Sustainable
Surplus accepts donated surplus assets from companies and repurposes them
throughout the community. The major
beneficiaries are schools and charitable organizations. SSE’s mission is to keep excess out of the
landfill by prolonging the useful life of items.
“This
funding will directly support our operations and help us continue the Exchanges
to our members,” said founder and executive director Sue Prelozni. “At our last Exchange, the BYOB – Bring Your
Own Box event, we gave away over 75 cases of office supplies.”
Quintiles
had also donated office furniture, namely chairs, to the Exchange. All of the chairs were repurposed within two
weeks to local charter schools and nonprofits.
Last
year, Sustainable Surplus donated over $160,000 worth of assets to 42
organizations; 80 percent were schools.
Prelozni added, “This year we are on track to triple those numbers.”
To
donate surplus items, donors may contact SSE via their website, www.SustainableSurplus.org
. The kinds of assets accepted are described on the website.
This generous donation will help SSE provide an interim storage space for donor’s surplus until a recipient match is made. 
