Engaging your organisation in reuse is getting more and more popular each month, as we see and hear sentiment and content from all around the industry push this method of resource efficiency.

Through Warp It, members have managed to save more than £18 million collectively, with almost £7 million coming from members of the £100K club!

That is customers who have saved over £100K! 

With so many organisations, including businesses, charities, hospitals, NHS trusts, universities, colleges and schools now benefiting from our service, we thought it would be a great opportunity to highlight those who have exceeded particular milestones in savings.

Making Reuse Mainstream

Our aim is to make reuse mainstream and give you the tools and tips to help you do that in your organisation.

To help with that we are delivering regular regional workshops. See here.

I was going to write a blog post about why you should come to the workshops but then i thought i would widen the scope and give you reasons to go to any relevant event or workshop.

New feature for controlling staff behaviour - the extra upload field.

What is the the problem we are seeking to solve?

To automate the reuse of assets around the estate, you will at some point have to give staff the ability to add their own unwanted items, and not rely on one person to do it.

Sometimes, due to certain circumstances, you need to prioritise some members or organisations over others. Well, now you can.

Two new features!

1. Claim cancel notifications

The notification is simple: 

Why is this new feature helpful?

If the current/old owner of an asset, and the agreed transporter of that asset are not notified that the claimant has cancelled, it can cause serious logistical problems and increase the likelihood that the item wont have time to find a new home. 

2. Custom Item Deadlines

When an item is added to Warp It, the member doing the listing sets a deadline for the item. 

This is the final date in time that the old owner can still have the item in their possession; by this date, it must be with the new owner.

What is the the problem we are seeking to solve?

People are busy, so they usually want items moved immediately. However, if a short deadline is added it reduces the chance that a match will made in the time frame, and the item might end up not finding a new home, meaning it could end up being thrown away. 

The default deadline of 3 weeks is enough for most, and many members just accept this period of time.

However, if you want to change this period, you now can, allowing you to maximise your chances of a match. 

As you might have seen we organise regional workshops to help organisations make reuse mainstream. We had the honour of having Fiona Daly, Sustainability Lead at NHS Improvement,  talking about how to get things done in large bureaucratic organisations.  She is an expert at creatively finding funding for projects that would otherwise stay on the wish list. (See here for example.) 

If the CEO and senior management abandoned an organisation overnight and did not come back for one month.

The staff probably would not notice the difference.

If the porters or cleaners (and others in Facilities Management) did the same, after 3 days the organisation would not be able to function.

What's happened?

When an item is added to Warp It the member sets a deadline for the item. 

This is the very last point in time that the old owner can have the item in their possession

What is the the problem we are seeking to solve?

People are busy they usually want items shifted yesterday. However if a short deadline is added it reduces the chance that  match is made in the time frame and the item might get wasted. 

The original default deadline of 3 weeks is enough for most.  And many members just accept this period of time.

However if you want to push this period you can- to maximise the chances of a match. 

We want to make reuse mainstream.

So do our customers.

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