A new auction site, ConstructionResale.co.uk, aims to help building firms find a buyer for reusable or excess materials, limiting the amount of construction waste that goes to landfill.

The recently launched site provides a sales platform for construction firms and materials suppliers, allowing them to buy and sell waste and excess materials as well as temporary on site materials such as storage containers or props, which can often be discarded at the end of projects.

Firms with unwanted or used materials could advertise the products on the site for free. The company then takes three per cent of the value of any sales at the end of each month with the remainder being paid to the seller.