Although disposing of your DLC’s surplus equipment and furniture isn’t complicated, you must follow a few key procedures. Here’s how to get started.
Obtain a deactivation sticker

If your DLC is deactivating a piece of equipment or furniture—even if it is being disposed of at the end of its useful life—you must arrange to have it tagged properly prior to removal.

Email Michael McCarthy in the VPF Property Office with the details of any equipment or furniture your DLC is disposing of to arrange for proper tagging. Erin also will update the property records to indicate the item has been removed from your DLC.

Remove or repurpose appropriately

When you’ve had an item properly tagged and deactivated by the Property Office, your DLC must have the item removed or repurposed appropriately.

Recycle surplus at MIT

Post it on Rheaply.

Check out Rheaply, MIT’s online marketplace that offers MIT's DLCs a free exchange of surplus materials, from lab equipment and supplies to office furniture and office supplies.

Set up a Rheaply account and post information about your surplus equipment, furniture, and supplies. Users can send messages within the Rheaply platform and do not have to rely on bulk email exchanges or other less efficient ways of communicating about surplus equipment.

 

 

The Details

Obtain a deactivation sticker

If your DLC is deactivating a piece of equipment or furniture—even if it is being disposed of at the end of its useful life—you must arrange to have it tagged properly prior to removal.

Email Michael McCarthy in the VPF Property Office with the details of any equipment or furniture your DLC is disposing of to arrange for proper tagging. Erin also will update the property records to indicate the item has been removed from your DLC.

Remove or repurpose appropriately

When you’ve had an item properly tagged and deactivated by the Property Office, your DLC must have the item removed or repurposed appropriately.

Recycle surplus at MIT

Post it on Rheaply.

Check out Rheaply, MIT’s online marketplace that offers MIT's DLCs a free exchange of surplus materials, from lab equipment and supplies to office furniture and office supplies.

Set up a Rheaply account and post information about your surplus equipment, furniture, and supplies. Users can send messages within the Rheaply platform and do not have to rely on bulk email exchanges or other less efficient ways of communicating about surplus equipment.

 

 

Did You Know?

The Property Office administers a separate accounting program for equipment that is fabricated on campus.
Even if you have equipment donated to your lab or center, the Property Office must keep track of it in the Institute’s inventory system.
You can get a listing of all your DLC’s computers by emailing the VPF Property Office. In your message, list your DLC number or costs centers and specify how you want the report sorted—by location, person, account, equipment, or type.
You can access eProp—the Institute’s database of nearly 100,000 items—by contacting Richard Janus in the Property Office.
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