The Volatile Chemist
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Glassware "Donations"/ used glassware
I'm back from my camp  Anything big go down 'round here?
Anyways, the boy scout camp I went to had a bunch of really nice old glassware donated to them. I may be wrong, but it was either lightly used, or not
at all. What kind of places (specifiic) donate their old glassware?
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TVC--Nathan
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Boy scouts doing chemistry? Didn't know that was a thing.
I don't think that places would donate glassware to individuals, probably only to organizations like boy scouts.
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what class Scout are ya kid? My gramps was an Eagle, myself never made it past First Class
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I have worked for companies that donated lab supplies to schools and such. Many prefer to only donate to colleges, as high schools trend to have
more accidents, and most companies are afraid of liability. But we have donated certain things to high schools. The key is that the schools need
to be willing to take what they can get. And few will donate chemicals now due to lots of federal regulations that are a pain in the ...
Some people have been very picky and companies typically want to donate what they have surplus, which may not always match what groups need. I have
seen smart teachers just take what was offered and then trade it among other teachers for what they really need. Often the chemistry teachers can
take a 500 g bottle of a chemical and split it between several teachers, thus saving a lot of money each, and not having too much.
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The Volatile Chemist
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Thanks, guys.
I'm a life scout (One away from eagle for all you that don't know), but I have a good 3 years to get my eagle rank.
Actually, do you know of any places where used glassware is given or sold?
[Edited on 6-30-2014 by The Volatile Chemist]
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I am not sure of the exact name or place to contact, but there is a "surplus" supplier at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that sells everything from old
glassware to old computers. You might have to do a bit of searching/locating, but if you can hunt down the surplus suppliers there you will for sure
get some great deals. About half of my lab came from ORNL, but from an ex-worker, not from the surplus supplier...
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zenosx
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I am not sure of the exact name or place to contact, but there is a "surplus" supplier at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that sells everything from old
glassware to old computers. You might have to do a bit of searching/locating, but if you can hunt down the surplus suppliers there you will for sure
get some great deals. About half of my lab came from ORNL, but from an ex-worker, not from the surplus supplier...
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
Albert Einstein
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The Volatile Chemist
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Quote: Originally posted by zenosx  | I am not sure of the exact name or place to contact, but there is a "surplus" supplier at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that sells everything from old
glassware to old computers. You might have to do a bit of searching/locating, but if you can hunt down the surplus suppliers there you will for sure
get some great deals. About half of my lab came from ORNL, but from an ex-worker, not from the surplus supplier...
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Thank! I'll look into it. Sounds like what I was looking for. The computers interest me too...
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If you are in need of something and have a well thought out experimental in mind I'm sure someone on the board might be willing to trade or even give
it away. I usually recycle my companies glass to the local schools but if there is something badly needed I can search the lab and see if it can be
donated. Hehehe the perks of being the owner 
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