User:Jcrowe2000/BuilderScrap

Builderscrap.com is a completely free website for the construction trade, set up by builders for builders, that aims to facilitate contact between different trades people and help them to use up surplus in the supply chain. It provides an outlet to encourage reuse of material that would otherwise be thrown away. It is a way for the industry to work together to reduce the amount of builders’ waste sent to landfill.

Environmental Concerns
DEFRA statistics show that over 90 million tonnes of construction and demolition waste is produced every year in England and Wales, making up approximately 25% of total waste. At least 13 million tonnes of this refuse is said to be surplus, new material; most of which could be reused, and a further large proportion is second hand product which could also potentially be reused, or recycled. Builderscrap aims to provide a platform for builders and others in the trade to reduce the amount sent to landfill by utilising each others surplus where possible. The benefits to using this free and easy service include:


 * Cost savings – lower disposal charges (fewer skips, landfill tax and labour)
 * Cost savings – reduces the need to buy new material
 * Help save the environment – less waste sent to landfill, lower carbon emissions
 * Potential revenue generation from sale of goods
 * Improved company perception and standing
 * Be part of a dynamic new brand encouraging the trade to think and act differently

How Can I Use Builderscrap with My Own Business?
When registering on BuilderScrap, you will automatically be given ‘Administrator’ status. This allows you to add users, manage your own and your organisations items and view overall activity for your organisation’s account.

BuilderScrap can be used to dispose of surplus material and good quality second hand material in the most responsible manner possible. It can be used to reduce the amount sent to landfill, saving costs and helping to save the environment.

How Do I Upload Items?
There are two ways to upload your surplus materials to the website:

1 Online: Log onto your account and select ‘add item’, enter details in relevant fields, click ‘save’

Please note all costs should exclude VAT

Use ‘my items’ and ‘organisation items’ to view, edit and de-list items

2 MMS: Using your mobile phone, send a picture MMS message to 07595595595 (save this number in your phone now!), with the item description as the subject, and a description as the message. To edit, you will need to logon to the site, select ‘my items’ and ‘edit’.

De-list items in the same way as with online upload.

What Can I Sell or Give Away On the Site?
BuilderScrap can be used to dispose of surplus building materials as well as good quality second hand goods. It is up to you whether you want to charge for these goods, or pass them on for free rather than paying for them to go to landfill.

Items Allowed on BuilderScrap.com:


 * Planed timber (2×2, 3×2, 4×2, 6×2 etc)
 * Shadow batten (used with suspended ceiling grid)
 * Rough sawn timber (2×2, 3×2, 4×2, 6×2 etc)
 * Doors – internal and external
 * Skirting
 * Architrave
 * Fencing timber
 * Floorboards
 * Door furniture
 * Picture rail
 * Dado rail
 * Stair components – spindle, handrails, staircase, stringer etc
 * Suspended ceiling system – grid and tiles
 * Demountable partitions
 * Window frames
 * Floor and wall ceramic tiles (surplus unused)
 * Carpet tiles (surplus unused)
 * Toilet cubicles
 * Mirrors
 * Office furniture (chairs, desks, partitions, filing cabinets, radiators, shelving, racking etc)
 * Bricks (common and facing)
 * Blocks 100mm & 140mm solid and thermalite
 * Roof tiles (concrete and slate)
 * Drainage products (plastic, concrete and clay only surplus unused)
 * Paving slabs
 * Concrete kerbs
 * Plastic ducting – all diameters
 * Joists, R S Js, Lintels

Items not allowed on BuilderScrap.com:


 * Oils, hazardous chemicals, paints
 * Laboratory equipment or furniture
 * Factory fittings or machinery
 * Anything perishable (plasterboard, cement etc)
 * Asbestos
 * Anything damaged or contaminated (i.e. carpet tiles with residue of glue or resin)