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

Universities have already saved £3 million by sharing resources such as furniture and other equipment through the Warp It online scheme. Now, we have announced we have set a target to bring savings of £1 million to the sector in 2017. In addition, waste arisings will fall by 100 tonnes, and 250 tonnes of CO2 will be slashed.

This is a reuse cheat sheet, designed to help you decide on the best actions to take to get support to start or improve a reuse system in your organisation.

We have put reuse systems or furniture reuse programs into 250 large organisations in the public sector, central government, healthcare as well as private sector. These actions are the ones that take the least time but have the most impact. This will help you adopt circular economy practices and hit zero waste in no time!

Yes, organisations can even upcycle.

Within organisation we are often to stuck in our ways to come up with innovative and new uses for our waste streams. In this article we look at what one healthcare organisation is doing. We also give you access to a free download to use to help you think more innovatively about your problem waste stream items and start to approach zero waste.

We have talked in the past about how overwhelming projects can be at work - and we always offer solutions.

This blog post is about making cultural change in large organisations. We discuss one particular technique which is used all over the world, but which is seldom followed in organisations.  This can be applied to any behaviour change project and we use the example of a surplus asset reuse program. 

You are more likey to succeed and work effectively if you set a goal. Just by setting your goal, writing it down, weird things happen that come into play and make you more likely to achieve it.

Right at the very start of a new project, you have to define a goal for yourself and the project. Where do you want the project to be in 6, 12 or 18 months time?

You need to be able to look ahead and create that vision. In this blog post we talk about the benefits of setting a goal for your project. As usual we use a reuse project as an example but it could be anything. 

At the end you can download our super simple guide " How to set goals" which will help your in your work and home life.

This 7 step guide to setting goals really helped me and it will help you achieve. 

When a new project or initiative is proposed, the thought of what needs to be done can be overwhelming and even paralysing.

This blog post is all about how to take action and get that project nailed! We also give you 10 productivity tips at the end to make your day go BANG! As well as this, you'll gain access to a furniture reuse program milestone spreadsheet so you can plan your reuse program roll out. 

It was the United States Army General Creighton Adams who first posed this question..

Q: How do you eat an elephant?

When an old computer breaks, it seems an almost natural response to follow the standard waste disposal policy and think ‘ah, it’s outdated, I might as well send it to the dump and buy a new one’. However, the old phrase ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ is very applicable in this article. What if your broken computer is only broken temporarily, and that whilst you go and buy a new one, it can be repaired?

This blog post is about taking that step beyond reuse of surplus assets and moving into repair and refurbishment- to reduce procurement demand by extending the life span of products.

In this interview we talk to John Bailey, Head of Sustainability at the University of London about a project which has caused a buzz across the campus.

John talks about delivering a bee-keeping project which he has used as a way to engage on sustainability. John also talks about getting things done in large, sometimes bureaucratic, organisations. In particular: John talks about the importance of gettting backing for a project before you pitch your idea to a committee. The video is below followed by extracts of the transcript.