Warp It welcomes Ruth Innes from NHS Highland for an interview talking about communications, building interest, winning the support of departments, and trees…

Topics: NHS, Case study, Sustainable healthcare

Spring is upon us! Open up the windows, let the cool breeze in and feel the sun on your skin. It’s nice, right? Do you know what else is nice? Having a working space and environment that is clean and tidy and makes you super happy to be at work!

Topics: Campaigns, Increasing participation

Warp It’s founder, Daniel O’Connor, used to be the Waste Manager at Newcastle University. Back in 2008, they were rolling out their first comprehensive recycling scheme. He was going out, putting down bins, putting on stickers and talking to people, as well as hosting clinics. He was there dropping the bins off in the morning just because he wanted to assist. He wanted the project to work, and he knew that he was facing quite a bit of reluctance. Plus, he was new in the role, and he really wanted to make a big impact, so he really put his heart and soul into it.

Topics: Increasing participation

Intro This article is going to give you some invaluable tips for rolling out projects across large organisations.  We are going to talk about how to effectively introduce a reuse programme across an organisation, however, in reality, it could be applied to almost any project that affects a large majority of employees.  We are also going to give you a brief step by step guide at the end. These tips will interest anyone making change in an organisation. However will be especially applicable to our customers in facilities management, sustainability, waste, procurement, building decant and finance.

Topics: Guidance for projects

Work smart not hard!

Topics: Increasing participation, Easy wins, Reuse program: Pre Launch

But we have no storage we cannot reuse!

Welcome! In this blog post we’re going to look at how you can use a thing called "the wishlist" to run your reuse program without the need for and take the pressure off storage.

What is a wishlist exactly? Remember when you were a child writing letters to Father Christmas? Well, it’s similar to that, it’s a list of things you would like to receive, except, with Warp It, they’re free, and you can get them all year round, not just on Christmas day!

Topics: Training, Warp It admin, FAQ

I am going to start with a shocking image! This occurs in every large estate and it is all down to getting the timing of wants and needs wrong!

Have you seen this occur on your estate?   By the time that assets get to the porters or facilities operatives it is usually too late. A simple tweak to your disposal policy with some logical persuasion can stop this happening.  Let’s talk about the way some assets are disposed of...

Topics: Policy

This article has been written for procurement managers who want to show leadership from the procurement department.  It is also aimed at those who are leading on reuse in an organisation.    You might be thinking?  "How do I reduce procurement demand?" "What aims should I include in my sustainable procurement strategy?" One thing you can do is maximise reuse of surplus assets!

Topics: Procurement, Policy

Policy development should be the first step in any culture change program.

In this article we give you the reasons why developing policy first will:

• Save you time
• Increase your personal impact
• Ensure your culture change project is embedded
• Create harmony in your community 
• Present your organisation in a better light

We also give you access to a template reuse policy (focussed on procurement, disposal and building decommission)  at the end.

In the example below we talk about developing a reuse policy for an organisation but the same reasons apply to any culture change project.

Topics: Policy, Warp It admin, Reuse program: Planning stage, Reuse program: Advanced