Ingham County does not currently redistribute any materials, at least officially. Staff can take home usable products, but we do not have a system currently for allowing the public access to the products. Our single biggest issue is not the liability but space. We do not have storage space for more than about a cart full of "stuff". So we do set aside for staff use anything that is obviously usable.

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Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 9:02 AM
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Subject: Reuse program thoughts

Hello Everyone,

I’m in need of your thoughts and ideas on your reuse programs. We are getting ready to launch one in 2019 and I am looking for some best practices and tips. A few questions I have are:

- Do you stick to non-haz? Or do you redistribute flammables, corrosives, and poisons? Items such as bug killer, solvents, tile/grout cleaner etc. Are there certain things you stay away from? I have some thoughts on this but wanted some opinions of existing programs.

- Do you put a sticker on anything that you have “inspected”? Something that identifies that we confirmed it for reuse?

- Does anyone keep a certain “shopping list” aside for certain non-profits? Example would be laundry soap for the local animal shelter. Any thoughts on this?

- Any mistakes that you could share which I could learn from?

If you shared with me directly I can then assemble a worksheet and distribute ideas to everyone at the end.

My email is megan.kretz@kentcountymi.gov.

Thank you for your assistance!

Megan Kretz

Resource Recovery Specialist

1500 Scribner Ave NW

Grand Rapids, MI 49504

616.632.7941 direct

616.632.7925 fax

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