Purdue's Solution (Score 1)

Purdue university seems to have a reasonable solution. They send all the surplus (computers, furniture, lab equipment, etc) to a warehouse outside of town. Other departments get first crack at anything, then the equipment is sold to the public. Every few months they hold an auction to clear out stuff that hasn't been bought and anything left after that gets dumped. This seems like a good model to me.

http://www.purdue.edu/surplus/