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# [Webinar: How organisations save millions through reuse](https://www.palats.io/en/blog/webinar-how-organisations-save-millions-through-reuse)

 Written by [Kristin at Palats](https://www.palats.io/en/blog/author/kristin-at-palats) | Dec 12, 2025, 10:22:31 AM

## **How to Make Reuse Work**

We hosted a webinar gathering participants eager to learn how to make reuse a practical, financially sound part of their organisation. Amelie was joined by our CEO and co-founder, Henrik, to walk through the fundamentals of reuse, real-world success stories, and what it actually takes to get started.

### **Why Reuse Matters**

Reuse is simple at its core: keeping a functional product in use instead of replacing it with something new. Yet despite how intuitive it sounds, the real estate and construction sector has become one of the most waste-intensive in the world, responsible for roughly 40% of total waste. But the issue isn’t only environmental. Recent studies show that **up to 57% of budgets are lost** due to the inefficiencies of the linear economy. Reuse helps close that gap — making it not just sustainable, but financially smart.

[🎥](https://watch.getcontrast.io/register/palats-karlstad-kommuns-aterbruk)[Watch webinar](https://watch.getcontrast.io/register/palats-how-real-estate-owners-and-municipalities-save-millions-through-reuse)

### **Internal vs External Reuse — and Where to Start**

A key principle discussed in the webinar was recognising the difference between:

- **Internal reuse:** when surplus products from one part of the organisation are reused in another
- **External reuse:** when products are passed to another company

Most organisations already practice some form of internal reuse — just not in a structured way. That’s where the biggest gains lie. Henrik’s advice was clear:

 

 

### **Two Organisations Showing What’s Possible**

We highlighted two standout case studies:

**Tunabyggen** – A Swedish real-estate owner with 5,000+ apartments.  
By centralising their reuse hub and repairing rather than discarding appliances, they’ve achieved substantial financial and climate savings. Their approach began small — and grew into a company-wide, data-driven process.

**Jönköping Municipality** – A municipality with 13,000 employees.  
After switching to Palats earlier this year, their reuse volumes skyrocketed. In just ten months, they saved over **€1.5 million** in purchasing costs and avoided **200,000 kg of CO₂**. They also run their reuse hub through a work-training programme, combining financial, environmental, and social sustainability.

### How a Modern Reuse Process Works

A successful reuse operation usually centres around a **dedicated reuse hub**. Instead of scattered storages across the organisation, one shared space becomes the drop-off and pick-up point for all surplus products. A designated owner, or team, inventories the items every week, and the system makes everything visible to the organisation.

This enables:

- Trust in the quality and availability of items
- Easy logistics
- Accurate tracking of financial and environmental savings
- Data-driven decisions about what to repair, reuse, or replace

### What You Actually Need to Get Started

One of the strongest messages from the webinar was that **you don’t need large investments**. In fact, most organisations already have 3 out of 4 prerequisites:

- **A storage space** (even small is fine)
- **A designated process owner**
- **Basic logistics** (knowing how people access the storage)
- **A digital system** to visualise and track items

Start small, validate the financial case, and scale from there.

### How to Understand Your Potential Savings

We introduced two ways to calculate your reuse potential:

- Palats’ internal **ROI calculator**
- A new downloadable tool, coming soon on our website, helping you set reuse targets based on your number of apartments or employees

These tools make it easy to build a business case and get management on board.

### Conclusion

**Structure and digitalise the reuse you already do — start small, prove the value, and then scale.** And if you’d like to learn from others who have already made this journey, we’re happy to connect you.

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👩🏻‍💻 [Get a demo](https://www.palats.io/en-us/reuse-discovery?hsLang=en)<https://www.palats.io/en-us/reuse-discovery?hsLang=en>

 

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