Six months after launching Warp It, the Wellcome Sanger Institute is already seeing impressive results. The programme has been widely adopted across Sanger, with 410 staff actively sharing surplus lab and office equipment and hundreds of items already rehomed.

The University of Liverpool has reached one year of reuse with Warp It since its launch during Sustainability Week 2025. In just 12 months, the initiative has saved £315,000, prevented 38.2 tonnes of waste, and avoided 144.1 tonnes of carbon emissions.

The scheme is powered by 1,325 active staff users, and numbers are still climbing.

Five hospital trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria have given unwanted office and ward furniture and clinical equipment a second life, saving more than £900,000 and reducing carbon emissions and waste.

Warp It was first piloted at Lancashire Teaching Hospital in 2015/16. After the scheme quickly proved its value by saving money while cutting waste and carbon the decision was taken to roll it out across other hospital trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria. The regional rollout has since helped embed reuse into day-to-day operations, ensuring surplus items are put back into use rather than thrown away.

Fife Council’s reuse programme with Warp It is spreading across the county, helping public services save money, cut waste, and reuse resources instead of buying new.

From office desks and hospital beds to a piano, a dishwasher, and football goal posts, the scheme shows almost anything can be reused. Teachers often claim stationery and classroom supplies, while council staff share resources across departments.

The project is coordinated by Beth Ritchie, Graduate Project Officer and Kirsty Early, Environmental Strategy Officer both working in the Climate, Nature & Sustainability Team. Beth said: "The reuse ripple effect across Fife has been amazing in such a short time. Warp It doesn’t just save money; it’s also helping us reach our bigger climate and net zero targets showing how the circular economy can make a real difference."

In 2025 alone, Salford University’s reuse programme saved £32,000 and donated £10,000 worth of items to charities and other organisations. Six tonnes were reused, equivalent to 28,500 kilograms of carbon saved.

New guidance and regulations were established on 1 January 2023 that restrict the storage and disposal of waste containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).

The lead-up to Christmas is the perfect time to organise an office declutter in preparation for a fresh New Year.

Setting up a declutter campaign at any time of the year is a brilliant opportunity to get creative with your reuse project.

It’s a great way to boost engagement during one of the busiest times of the year.

Here’s everything you need to set up a declutter campaign and take a look at our top tips on delivering a reuse campaign at Christmas.

Once you have your declutter plan in place one of the first actions is to tell everybody about it.

Simply send your members a message encouraging them to reuse. This is a super easy action you can take with good impact.

We’re here to help the Warp It community increase reuse rates, demonstrate the power of the circular economy, and prove the business model.

We are proposing something new! Something that will massively increase reuse. Something that will help you push things along, demonstrate the power of the circular economy and, in particular, prove the business model.

In this online event we explore this proposal to see if it is valid and if it is valid what will it look like.