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

It may sound cliched but it’s true – it’s not what you know, but whom you know.

Topics: Buy in, Increasing participation, Easy wins

So you’re ready to launch your reuse program or sign up to Warp It? Here’s what you need to know before you get started!

Topics: Buy in, Reuse program: Planning stage

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Our aim is to make reuse mainstream in organisations. 

We regularly talk to many people who are implementing a reuse system in their organisation and found that many are struggling with a whole host of issues. This ranges from securing buy-in and getting people on board with the project to communicating simple successes and achievements.

In this report we will address a variety of topics relating to the difficulties that can arise when trying to set up or grow a reuse project in any type of organisation. We will draw from a survey that we conducted of our customers and our bank of case studies.

This report will be of use to anyone looking to set up or improve a furniture reuse program or system, in particular:

• Surplus managers
• Procurement managers
• Sustainability managers
• Waste managers
• Service design managers
• Finance Directors
• Estates and Facilities Directors

Topics: Report, Buy in, Warp It admin, Reuse program: Planning stage

What resources are required to embed Warp It?

Topics: Warp It admin, FAQ, Reuse program: Planning stage

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Each month we scour the web and talk to our friends for tips, tricks and tools to help you tackle different challenges and become better!

This month we’ve got some great tips on eco-friendly Christmas shopping (not long now folks!) and we’ve found some lovely ways to upcycle bottle caps into festive ornaments.

Topics: Tips and tools

The Scottish take reuse very seriously.

Scottish Organisations have saved over £4 million using our system to reuse surplus assets furniture and equipment.

Topics: University, NHS, Case study, Smart city, Municipal council, Sustainable healthcare

Somebody has surplus assets and you need to find someone else who wants those same materials, at the same time, and in a nearby location... This article illustrates the approach we take at Warp It when rolling out a reuse system across a city or region.  We start by getting it right in one organisation. Who then prove the model to other main players. Who then demonstrate it can work multi agency.  And then it goes mainstream This is advanced reuse and we have some great case studies to show you. In this article we tell you how to do this in a low risk manner which ensures buy in a success!

Almost every major city has tried to introduce and implement a material exchange system of some sort, and generally they have failed. It’s often because they are asking too much to happen right from the outset.

Topics: Smart city, Municipal council, Reuse program: Advanced

Horsham District Council’s Commissioning and Performance and Sustainability teams won the Sustainability/Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative of the Year Award at the National Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards 2016/17. 

The team won for their innovative commissioning approach to the sustainable disposal of surplus office equipment when the council moved from its old premises to a new shared office space with West Sussex County Council in 2015.

Using Warp It, the commissioning project succeeded in disposing of a large amount of unwanted office contents without it having to go to landfill, greatly minimising the cost of disposal of the items.

 

Warp It opens the floor for Helen Peacock from Horsham District Council, who has been generous with her time in giving us some fantastic and in-depth answers to our questions. In this article you can expect to find important advice for:

Topics: Case study, Charity, Municipal council, Building Clearance