Are you decommissioning a school building and thinking "how do i clear a school?" of surplus assets? Or "How do I redistribute surplus assets?" 

Edinburgh City Council achieved cost avoidance of £300K redistributing the surplus assets from just one school using Warp It. When we found out about this amazing feat we had to find out how they did it. We spoke to the project lead, Mollie Kerr.

The highlights of the project is as follows

• Strong leadership from the procurement department
• Collaboration with different Service Areas
• Purchasing controlled by procurement department
• The reuse of surplus assets is prioritized over recycling- (A no brainer right? You would think so but most building clearences pass their surplus for recycling- this is bad- the value in a chair is providing the function of sitting! Not scrap value for metal. )

Warp It is a unique service in the surplus asset management world. There are no other service providers who achieve the reuse and repair of surplus assets in the same method or using the same technology.

This blog post explains why Warp It is unique.

Use this content as evidence for the procurement department when considering whether  there is a need to go to tender for a reuse platform or service. 

Our blog post about getting senior commitment was so popular that we did a video of it!

Download the guide / crib sheet by hitting the button below!

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.... view the video below and download our crib sheet to keep you on track and increase your chance of getting approval for your next project!

This will help anybody in selling sustainability to their board or other departments like procurement. We focus on reuse and waste disposal- with regards to developing a reuse program or furniture reuse project... but the techniques can be applied to any area!

Download the guide below or check out our blog post here...and you can also see how i bring the techniques to life in the video below using Reuse of Surplus Assets as an example.

Warp It are pleased to welcome Christine McCallum from the University of Queensland to discuss sustainability and the introduction of the Warp It reuse program.

In this interview  we talk about:

• Moving from an email to an online based reuse system or reuse program
• How to get support from across the board before roll out
• How to deliver a pilot with the right number of stakeholders

Warp It are pleased to welcome Alex Fowler (Environmental / Sustainability Manager) from the Humber NHS Foundation Trust to talk about his rollout and implementation of their new reuse program; The Warp It system. They are just a couple of months into this project and are already enjoying the benefits that it brings.

One of our customers was doing really well on our reuse system. I thought it would be a great idea to do a case study.  I called them up and the conversation went like this. 

This week we welcome Helen Mackenzie, Head of Procurement and Exchequer Services at Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (also known as Western Isles Council) in the Outer Hebrides islands in North West Scotland.

Helen is a forward thinking procurement veteran and was on one of the first Scottish Councils to sign up to Warp It .

Helen really understands that procurement and sustainability are inextricably linked.  Her insights into procurement and effecting change are both interesting and informative and we hope you will enjoy reading this discussion.

In this article we talk about how incentives increase participation in your surplus assets or furniture reuse program. We also give you a free communications template to download at the end.

Why read this article?

• Increase participation in your reuse program
• Create a buzz around your project. 
• Use your time effectively with a low time input and high impact activity