Power tools, cars, heavy machinery, office supplies, schools supplies—even land, there’s all kinds of things on the virtual auction block of Municibid.

This ‘eBay for government,’ is allowing state, county, and municipal governments to sell off valuable assets and supplies to reduce waste and invest back into the community.

All proceeds made on Municibid sales go back into the government’s operating budgets, ensuring tax dollars remain hard at work, and unnecessary waste remains out of the landfills.

Currently some 7,000 government entities at various levels use Municibid to sell off surplus—much of it the kinds of things you’d imagine a government to have, like cars, snow plows, desks, and land, but CEO and Founder Greg Berry says he’s seen electric guitars, jewelry, and sailboats.

Berry, a former councilman in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, said that the process of closed bidding at city hall for surplus government items was intimidating and far from fair in either direction.

“No one knew what the governments were selling, and if they did, the process was super inconvenient and intimidating and just wasn’t very easy,” Berry told CBS Pittsburgh.

CBS’ Meghan Schiller said she learned it was a popular place for parents to find their children’s first car, as old Ford police vehicles are often sold for cut rates because of how much time the engine has idled.

While mostly concentrated on the Mid-Atlantic coastline, government agencies in 17 states have so far signed up to use Municibid.

“We have realized hundreds of thousands of dollars funneled back into the District’s operating budgets, have saved thousands on hauling (dumping) fees, and have kept tons of surplus out of the landfills!” said Beth Showalter the Secretary of the Treasury for Upper Bern Township in Barks County, PA.

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