Reuse consultancy

Reuse Economy Strategy 

There is no one size fits all when it comes to reuse, but we offer 30 years’ of experience to guide strategies from simple reuse to forging innovative new pathways. We help you turn reuse ambition into measurable results. From overcoming logistical hurdles to unlocking maximum value, our tailored strategies and digital tools make reuse practical and scalable. 

At a project level, across a business or for local authorities and regulators operating regionally or nationally, you can benefit from: 

• Clear impact data: carbon savings, ESG performance, UN SDG alignment, and social value. 
• Actionable insight: support for design and procurement teams to embed reuse. 
• Proven value: strengthen compliance, enhance reputation, and open new business opportunities. 

Reclamation and reuse audits

Unlock value in existing building stocks with pre-retrofit, pre-demolition and reclamation audits.  

Our BREEAM-compliant audits help you maximise resources and embodied carbon in the reuse of materials at their highest value, with minimum downcycling and waste.

Image credit: Salvo conducted the first ‘reclamation audit’ in 1995 with an emphasis on the need to reclaim and reuse. BRE (Building Research Establishment) Building 16, Garston @ Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios.

• Environmental - Better resource management through waste prevention strategy. 
• Economic - Identify reusable materials with the highest value for onsite reuse or resale to circulate budget back into the project.  
• Social - The benefit to communities of the rescue and reuse of materials of historical or local significance. 

Circulating 

Salvo is the destination for reuse, our established B2B & B2C marketplace connects you with reusers globally. 

We have digital tools available through our established marketplace. You can also reach our trade community and network confidentially with buyers if materials are not publicly available. 

We have experience market-making to garner interest for eclectic material stocks and case studies to inspire innovative reuse. 

The Truly Reclaimed standard 

People’s purchasing habits and the places they choose to live, work and spend time in are increasingly driven by environmental concerns. Wellbeing is top of mind, not only for ourselves but for the planet.

Flag your commitment to real reuse. Salvo’s Truly Reclaimed standard covers recertification to storytelling for greater public, client and investor engagement.

The Truly Reclaimed label assures that a product or batch of material is genuinely antique or reclaimed and therefore offers a genuine reduction in carbon emissions.

Buying from a Truly Reclaimed certified supplier gives you access to Salvo’s expertise to honestly communicate your sustainability credentials with customers while engaging people in the story of your spaces with pieces that really are reclaimed and reused.

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Responsible Sourcing 

We can specify and source architectural salvage & reclaimed building materials ready for reuse.

Digitalisation of reclaimed stocks can be a barrier to reuse, so we are your live connection to available material. Having established the Salvo Code, a pioneering framework that set standards for responsible sourcing and safe trading in reclamation, our network gives you access to trusted supplies. 

We facilitate reuse at scale through support on storage, deeper verification and testing. Salvo has developed a reclamation equivalent of an EPD (environmental product declaration) known as a ‘reclaimed product declaration’ or RPD, aligned with the ISO 14025 environmental labelling standard.