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

Policy development should be the first step in any culture change program.

In this article we give you the reasons why developing policy first will:

• Save you time
• Increase your personal impact
• Ensure your culture change project is embedded
• Create harmony in your community 
• Present your organisation in a better light

We also give you access to a template reuse policy (focussed on procurement, disposal and building decommission)  at the end.

In the example below we talk about developing a reuse policy for an organisation but the same reasons apply to any culture change project.

Topics: Policy, Warp It admin, Reuse program: Planning stage, Reuse program: Advanced

Daniel’s Guide to a Declutter Campaign. My name's Daniel. I'm from Warp It. This is a very quick presentation about how to deliver a Declutter Campaign within organisations (video at the bottom!). We are going to cover what it is and why it’s important, and because we’re so helpful, we are going to give you the approach that we've used in the past, as well as a few resources that will make your Declutter Campaign a lot easier (these are FREE for you to download at the end!).

Topics: Campaigns

 

This is a very useful guide to running a poster competition within your organisation. We are using a reuse campaign as an example but this following technique could be applied to any poster campaign.  There's an important story behind this. Zero Waste Scotland are a very admirable organisation that are pushing the Circular Economy issue in Scotland. For many objective onlookers, Scotland has the best, biggest and most meaningful uptake of circular economy practises. The organisations there are open to Circular Economy and it goes well beyond the sustainability people; their openness goes into finance, into procurement and much further.

Topics: Campaigns, Increasing participation

The “reduce, reuse, recycle” mantra has been ingrained into us since school but how many actually follow it in our our everyday thinking and actions. Some use their own water bottles instead of buying one-use plastic ones. Most of us bring our own canvas bags to the supermarket.  Up cycling is trendy and mainstream. The internet is full of videos on how to repurpose old furniture and other household items.   

Topics: Refurb Repair Upcycle, NHS, Sustainable healthcare