"We do not have storage, so we cannot reuse"

This is one of the most common reasons institutions do not explore reuse after the first assessment meeting.

However, we say to customers, ‘Why would you want storage? It’s expensive to own, expensive to run, and time consuming to manage.’

If we could match surplus assets with new homes, while they are still in their original position, would that change things?

It would. We know it would.

We were awarded "NHS Supplier of the Year" at the NHS Sustainability Awards last Thursday!

The NHS is one of Britain’s proudest achievements. And today its staff do a superb job treating record numbers of patients. 

We are proud and honoured to help our NHS customers save millions of pounds by making it easy to reuse surplus furniture and equipment without the need for storage.

Thank you to all our customers who push us to be better at solving their surplus furniture and equipment problems.

A customer was telling me on the phone he has a specification he wants for our software but hasn’t the time to get it written down. 

We have some great news to share with you.

The reuse of furniture and laboratory equipment pays off handsomely within the Russell Group of Universities!

16 of the 24 Russell Group Universities use our system. The Russell Group Universities generally consist of the most energy intensive due to research and lab activities. They are interested in savings that sustainability can bring.

Savings from procurement and waste disposal=  £2.7 million

Avoided carbon emissions from reduced manufacture= 1.5 million KGs CO2e

Avoided waste arises: 600 tonnes

We thought we would blog about the Russell Group because,  last week Warp It was pleased to welcome the University of Birmingham onto our system.

We are looking forward to helping the university improve their current method for reusing assets around the campus, for which they’ve already received many awards.

Birmingham follow on the heels of the University of Leeds who were the last Russell Group member  to sign up. 

Post script- Exeter University are now signed up!

How to say no to distraction and get stuff done... 

I allow myself to get distracted so easily. Notifications, websites, colleagues, meetings i don't need to be at, other work that is easier than what I need to be doing.....

People who might be of the mind to say no to your proposal need to be treated a bit differently.

Create an inter sectoral, town, city and region wide marketplace; so that stakeholders can swap and trade surplus assets- everyone benefits.

STPs are about improving health and care in practical ways through local collaboration.

The NHS is one of Britain’s proudest achievements. And today its staff do a superb job treating record numbers of patients. 

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 did the same, after 3 days the organisation would not be able to function.

Let’s give the floor to Micaela Basford, Corporate Sustainability Officer at Bath and North East Somerset Council, who has kindly joined us to talk about ethical and sustainable building clearances.