University of Liverpool embraces reuse with Warp It

We get asked regularly by our members why we collect data on so many different metrics, what we do with that data, and how they should then use that data to their advantage?

In this guide, we will look at these questions and try to help you see the bigger picture of reuse data, and how it is more valuable than simply knowing how many items have been traded and to whom.

Topics: Buy in, Warp It admin, Features and benefits

Here is how operators of national operations can benefit from our services and add value to their internal staff and various sites.

 

What is Warp It?

Topics: Facilities management, Building Clearance

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 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

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

If you did receive a certificate, you’ll know what we are talking about, and if you didn’t, you might be asking ‘Hey! Where’s mine?’.

Topics: Warp It admin, Increasing participation