What we love - saying goodbye to the take, make, dispose economy

We are joined today by Sam Kirby-Bray, the Sustainability Commissioning Officer at Shropshire Council. Sam is their Warp It lead, and handles a number of other important responsibilities in his role. We’re keen to talk to him about their reuse project, which launched to all staff in March 2019.

Topics: Case study, Municipal council

This article has been put together to illustrate the ways in which contractors and suppliers can add value to their relationships with their clients in the fields of sustainability, waste management, and facilities management, all by using Warp It.

 

What is Warp It?

Topics: Facilities management, Building Clearance

The NHS is showing incredible leadership and becoming a real international driving force for the reuse movement by embedding reuse of furniture and equipment into policies and practices. 

NHS Trusts are now required to report this process by making a simple change to their reporting structures.

Topics: NHS, Sustainable healthcare

We are pleased to welcome the Sustainable Development Team at Nottingham Trent University for a case study looking at how they have been adapting to their new Warp It system.

Since the autumn of 2018, they have been embedding Warp It, experiencing wonderful early successes and earning many new members.

Topics: University, Case study

 

We love hearing from our beloved Warp It members, especially when they go into detail about their relationship with the platform, their successes, and their problems.

Topics: Tips and tools, Easy wins

“If you try to please everyone, you'll end up pleasing no one.” – Mae Mai

For those who have ever tried to make an organisational change, whether monumental or minuscule, you’ve probably faced the issue that the change you’d like to make is simply not relevant to everyone. At the same time, finding the exact people that you need to target can be incredibly difficult.

Topics: Reuse program: Advanced, Easy wins, Action plans

We are joined by Alex Jones and Gary Stratmann from University College London, to discuss their reuse project and the impressive work they’ve done with Warp It.

Topics: University, Case study, Featured

One thing that we are occasionally asked is whether customers can account for assets that have been claimed outside of the system either internally or by 3rd parties. 

The reason this is asked is that there may have been a period of reuse before implementing the system that you want to track, or a charity may have turned up on site and taken extra assets that you want to account for. 

Topics: Charity, Warp It admin, Features and benefits

When it comes to video marketing, leveraging your workforce is an excellent way to have a powerful impact on other members of the organisation, as well as external partners.

We’ve spoken about this topic in this past, showing how some of our partners have used a staff video to increase participation in reuse, namely by getting senior figures to take part and encourage engagement.

Topics: Guidance for projects, Buy in, Tips and tools, Easy wins, Featured