Surplusing items
Do you have unneeded or unusable items? UW Surplus is here to help!
We take surplus items off your hands. We resell what we can and recycle most of what cannot be sold.
What to surplus
By law, all unwanted University property must be surplused, regardless of condition. Certain items, such as hazardous materials and liquids, cannot be disposed of through UW Surplus. Any potentially contaminated materials must be decontaminated and cleaned, with a EH&S decontamination form filled out, before they can be surplused.
Check the list of prohibited and special consideration items on the Preparing items for surplus page before sending anything to UW Surplus. Items not eligible for surplus must be disposed of according to EH&S Hazardous Material Disposal & Recycling guidelines. Items without a decontamination form or that are ineligible to be surplused will not be picked up by UW Surplus.
All items to be surplused must be UW property:
- For example, equipment purchased with grant money might not be surplused. Please contact the Equipment Inventory Office to verify if this equipment can be surplused.
- Even something as simple as a stapler needs to go through UW Surplus if it is UW property.
Please don’t toss something, even if it’s broken. If you have four office chairs, only three of which are usable, we still need to go through the proper channels. Surplus the chairs, and we will take care of the broken one in a responsible and green manner.