University of Liverpool embraces reuse with Warp It

Recently we revealed that we were in the process of asking our community to help us design some amazing visual stimuli for laboratory or science facilities to boost reuse.

There are four main goals of these materials

Collaboration can often mean the difference between failure and success. Our admin forums are designed to allow those running reuse projects to network, collaborate, and share ideas. 

Reflections are powerful...

We try to automise reuse as much as possible so that you and your staff and your colleagues can get on with other priorities.

Sometimes it helps if we explain how an surplus asset flows through our system to demonstrate the benefits of an automatic reuse system.

Your big issue = How to manage transport

This guide is here to provide a couple of simple, bite-sized tips for more effectively managing transport and logistics on a large estate. We have various features which mean that transport of items is made as easy as possible.  You cannot get away from the fact that items have to be transported but this article will help you get your transport as effective as possible.

How will implementing Warp It affect transport?

When items become surplus they have to be moved.  They can either be moved to the skip/dumpster...or they can be moved for reuse.

Will the transport department be overwhelmed with new transport jobs? We do not see this happening at new customer system because behaviour change and culture change is slow. It never changes over night. The transport department will see a slight rise in requests which will grow slowly over time.

If you are concerned about the transport system being overwhelmed you might seek to roll out your system incrementally. See here.

Flat screen TVs are not only good for watching THE WORLD CUP they’re also a very useful tool for engaging people in whatever message you want to get out.

Within your organisational estate you probably have flat screen TVs in the foyer, in the lift areas etc. These can be a great tool to get your message out.

They’re an important part of our lives, screens. Just think how many are in your home, your office and every building you enter. It’s hard to not look at them when you’re passing by, right?

If circumstances change, an item listed on the Warp It reuse system may need to be removed to avoid disappointment or confusion.

This article is all about a problem.

The problem is how to maximise the opportunity that building decommissions, or decants, present, especially when it comes to the reuse of surplus assets.

The challenge is that there are so many critical, and often conflicting deadlines, that the reuse of surplus assets is often left to the last minute. By this time, it is usually too late to find new owners for those assets!

Daniel's super simple step-by-step guide to changing culture in organisations

Step 1: Identify the people who are decision makers