Welcome to this latest blog post, where we take a look at the bizarre or unexpected things that can drive reuse or surpls assets furniture and equipment in an organisation.

It’s important to note that these are random benefits we never thought of before we set  off on our mission of making reuse mainstream. 

They are anecdotes have been fed back to us from customers. It is also important to note that only some of these things are measurable.

Topics: Procurement

Picture the scene...

There are ten people in a boardroom. Only two of them support your ideas for X Y or Z. You are questioning whether you have done everything you could do to tip the scales in your favour. Twenty minutes through your presentation you can feel the thick air of the room weighing down on you. You’ve lost the attention of your audience. You can feel the “no” coming.

Topics: Buy in

Warp It welcomes Ruth Innes from NHS Highland for an interview talking about communications, building interest, winning the support of departments, and trees…

Topics: NHS, Case study, Sustainable healthcare

Spring is upon us! Open up the windows, let the cool breeze in and feel the sun on your skin. It’s nice, right? Do you know what else is nice? Having a working space and environment that is clean and tidy and makes you super happy to be at work!

Topics: Campaigns, Increasing participation

Intro This article is going to give you some invaluable tips for rolling out projects across large organisations.  We are going to talk about how to effectively introduce a reuse programme across an organisation, however, in reality, it could be applied to almost any project that affects a large majority of employees.  We are also going to give you a brief step by step guide at the end. These tips will interest anyone making change in an organisation. However will be especially applicable to our customers in facilities management, sustainability, waste, procurement, building decant and finance.

Topics: Guidance for projects

Work smart not hard!

Topics: Increasing participation, Easy wins, Reuse program: Pre Launch

But we have no storage we cannot reuse!

Welcome! In this blog post we’re going to look at how you can use a thing called "the wishlist" to run your reuse program without the need for and take the pressure off storage.

What is a wishlist exactly? Remember when you were a child writing letters to Father Christmas? Well, it’s similar to that, it’s a list of things you would like to receive, except, with Warp It, they’re free, and you can get them all year round, not just on Christmas day!

Topics: Training, Warp It admin, FAQ

I am going to start with a shocking image! This occurs in every large estate and it is all down to getting the timing of wants and needs wrong!

Have you seen this occur on your estate?   By the time that assets get to the porters or facilities operatives it is usually too late. A simple tweak to your disposal policy with some logical persuasion can stop this happening.  Let’s talk about the way some assets are disposed of...

Topics: Policy

This article has been written for procurement managers who want to show leadership from the procurement department.  It is also aimed at those who are leading on reuse in an organisation.    You might be thinking?  "How do I reduce procurement demand?" "What aims should I include in my sustainable procurement strategy?" One thing you can do is maximise reuse of surplus assets!

Topics: Procurement, Policy