UW-Milwaukee Surplus Program

The Surplus Program page is merging with our main UWM Office of Sustainability page!

If you need to reach Surplus with questions or to schedule an appointment, please contact us at 414-229-3465, or by email at [email protected]. Thanks!

**This page will be deactivated May 1st, 2021**

Life cycle assessments are valuable tools for engineers, designers, policy makers, and YOU!
Take a minute to think about an item you use daily. What is it made of? How far, and by what means, did the item travel before it came into your possession? What is the useful lifespan of the item? What does it take to keep the item useable? Can you repair the item if it breaks? What will happen to the item when it reaches the end of its life?
Engaging in life cycle assessments, even if just casually, can help us make informed decisions about our possessions, future purchases, and how and why we generate waste. The process of tackling these questions connects us to our material culture in an engaged and thoughtful manner and reminds us that items embody significant work and energy, often much more than we would expect.

GCSE Chemistry - Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) #58 This video covers:- The 4 stages of a life-cycle assessment- A comparison of plastic vs paper bags- The difficulties of measuring LCAs- Bias in LCAsThis vide...

UWM is selling the Alumni House and all the contents MUST GO! If you're interested in seeing what's for sale, check out the online auction here:

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**Thanks for all the interest everyone! The sleeping bags have gone to a good home and are no longer available**

We have a number of older sleeping bags that we would like to donate to a local area non-profit. If interested please contact us at 414-229-3465.

**non-profit status will be verified before material is distributed**

We have an overstock of tablet arm chairs that we would like to donate to local MKE non-profits in need. If interested please email us at [email protected] or call us at 414-229-3465.

**non-profit status will be verified prior to donation**

We have an overstock of stacking chairs that we would like to donate to local MKE non-profits in need. If interested please email us at [email protected] or call us at 414-229-3465.

**non-profit status will be verified prior to donation**

Curious what the UWM Office of Sustainability does? Wonder how Surplus fits into the larger picture of sustainability at UWM? Check out our newly released annual
report for 2019!

Office of Sustainability | Annual Report | 2019 2019 Report detailing the Office of Sustainability’s efforts to embody UWM’s guiding value of stewardship of resources that promote sustainability, prosperity, and equity for all.

Campus pulls together to offer students affordable computers Pandemic-triggered shutdowns and the move to online classes campuswide put students who didn’t have a working laptop and couldn’t afford a new one in a bind. That’s when UWM staff leapt into action.

Are you a public sector employee or non-profit? Need an office chair for FREE? Shoot us an email or give us a call, we have a bunch we need to get rid of and we'd love for you to come take some!

**non-profit status will be verified prior to donation**

𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 @ 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐬, #𝟐: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫

The Hinman collator was developed in the late 1940s by Charlton Hinman. It uses a series of mirrors, lenses, and lights to superimpose images of two texts such that minute differences become apparent. Optical collation of this kind was most notably used by Hinman himself while writing 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧-𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦 (1963). Seeing the value of optical collation, the crude prototype that Hinman had constructed out of scavenged material was perfected and 59 units were eventually produced. Hinman collators have aided researchers and scholars in achieving an increased understanding of historical printing, editing, and binding practices, and have opened avenues of inquiry that would otherwise have been unavailable until the introduction of digital imaging. Today only 40 or so Hinman collators remain.

I find it fascinating that the collator can be used not only to compare manuscripts, but any 2-dimensional items where small differences need to be identified. This could include aerial photos, maps, engravings, astronomical images, or artwork; and the collator does it without relying on complex computer systems, just flashing lights, a couple mirrors, and the human eye.

We are looking to re-home our collator, so if you know of any organizations that could put it to good use and keep this cool piece of history vibrant and alive, please do let us know.

If you would like to know more about Hinman collators, check out:
-https://collation.folger.edu/2018/05/hinman-redux/
-https://uh.edu/engines/epi1020.htm
-http://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=2408

Hey folks, just a reminder that we'll be closed on Monday, 1/20.