Surplus NHS supplies find new life helping those in need

We welcome Simon Laughton, Facilities Senior Supervisor from the Facilities Department at St Mary’s Hospital on the Isle of Wight.

He’s here to talk about their new reuse project and the immediate positive effect that it has had.

Topics: NHS, Case study, Sustainable healthcare

We are joined by Hannah Genders Boyd, Climate Change Intern at Historic Environment Scotland (HES).

As a public body in Scotland, HES must report on their carbon emissions and sustainability measures, as well as following waste regulations.

Topics: Case study

Our team here at Warp It are really pleased to welcome back Elaine Gray, Purchasing Lead at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, back for another interview.

Cast your mind to this time last year. Do you remember when we shared a very interesting and inspirational story about an NHS organisation that saved £18,000 by refurbishing 300 bins instead of buying new ones? That was thanks to Elaine Gray and her team.

 

Well they are now approaching another milestone- £1 million in cost avoidance from their reuse activities!!

Topics: NHS, Case study, Sustainable healthcare

In part three of this series covering organisation and city wide sharing of surplus assets, we go now to the University of Glasgow. If you missed the earlier instalments, please read part one and part two.

Please watch the video below.

Topics: University, Case study, Smart city

We welcome Ruth Harris, Sustainability Officer at the University of Reading.

Ruth has been supporting various sustainability projects and their development within the educational organisation for 4 years, and has been the Warp It lead since they joined in early 2015.

Topics: University, Case study, Increasing participation

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.

Topics: Case study, Municipal council

Welcome! This article is all about the reuse of surplus assets within and between the University Sector in the UK.

Topics: University, Case study, Charity

Your organisation is on a reuse journey.

We want to be helpful, we want your reuse system to succeed and we want you to feel like Warp It is here to support you (which we are!).  Part of developing a reuse programme is making the business case which demonstrates a Return On Investment (ROI).

Topics: University, Case study, Municipal council

Benefits of Warp It to Municipal Councils

Councils up and down the UK are reaping the rewards from a partnership with Warp It. We’ve allowed them to:

• expand the reuse of their assets
• trade surplus assets with other agencies in the city and region 
• track all of the financial and carbon data along the way

These make compelling cases for why sustainability and better environmental practice should be taken more seriously.

Topics: Case study, Municipal council