East Lancashire NHS Trust saves over £391,000 and cuts waste with Warp It

Leeds Teaching Hospital are one of our customers. Every Wednesday their porters pick up any surplus furniture and transfer it to a new home using our system.

Our vision is to make reuse mainstream.

Our customers want to make reuse mainstream in their organisations.

Our customers are generally trying t change culture in organisations for the better. 

Culture change doesn’t just happen when you work, it should happen even while you’re asleep.

I think, the best way to make that happen is through a newsletter.

The newsletter is a powerful tool for culture change. If you do it right, the newsletter requires minimum time input for maximum impact. It is a fantastic communication channel that will help you target your messages to those that matter, cut through the noise of the organisation and ensure that colleagues remember you and even follow what you want them to do!

Each month we gather and share useful tips and tools; and this time it’s all about stepping out of your comfort zone.

Why? Well, while staying in your comfort zone usually results in a consistent and steady performance, stepping out of it can create the conditions for optimal performance.

We all probably know someone who fondly states after an adventure: "I can’t believe I did that, but I’m so glad I did."

This usually happens when we spend time outside of our comfort zone. As we move outside of the comfort zone, what was once the unknown and probably quite frightening becomes the new normal.

So, it's time we break free from the zone of protection and familiarity and push past self-imposed boundaries! 

Time, time, time...

When managing a large building clearance, it can often be resource intensive to catalogue exact details and upload a picture of every single asset.

Warp It is not designed to manage assets in the traditional sense, in fact, it was designed to redistribute assets that were surplus to requirements.

However, we’ve found that it’s versatile and that due to the framework of the system, our members are using it for both purposes.

We are pleased to welcome not just one, but two Warp It pioneers for this in depth interview.

Paul Nelson works as the Environmental Sustainability Manager at North Tyneside Council, with Laura Manley assisting him in her role on the Environmental Sustainability Team.

When there are large numbers of items ready to reuse on Warp it, you may want to alter the viewing options. 

We're always taking feedback into account to make the Warp It system even better. 

We are pleased to welcome Martin Farley, Sustainable Labs Guy at  King’s College London, who has kindly helped us explore the topic of their reuse project and the implementation of Warp It.