The UK government has announced plans to encourage increase reuse, repair, and recycling as part of its goal to achieve a circular economy.

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New guidance and regulations were established on 1 January 2023 that restrict the storage and disposal of waste containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).

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 E-waste, or waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), is the planet’s fastest-growing waste stream. 
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) an estimated two million tonnes of electrical items are discarded by householders and companies in the UK each year. 

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Sustainability experts have issued an urgent call for a ‘seismic cultural shift’ towards reuse to solve the growing waste and pollution crisis. A BRITA UK paper shows the myriad of environmental and economic benefits that implementing a reuse culture across society could bring. 

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Wait, hold up, does that make sense? Why on Earth would we be telling you to stop what you’re doing?

Topics: Guidance for projects

The pandemic has accelerated trends in remote work and many organisations are shifting to flexible workspace, a move that will reduce the overall space they need and bring fewer workers into offices each day.

Topics: Guidance for projects, Warp It admin, Building Clearance

Warp It is a hub of reuse to organisations across the UK and abroad, helping them to make significant cash and carbon savings simply by reusing and redistributing furniture, equipment, stationery and many other items.

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Do you work on sustainability issues in your organisation or you know somebody that does?

If the answer is yes, get ready to help make a change!

As part of my usual daily call routine I have been speaking to sustainability managers coming back to work after the Easter break. 

Many of them are saying that the David Attenborough, Extinction Rebellion, Climate Emergency declarations are helping them push their sustainability objectives. 

Staff are more engaged, Senior staff are more informed. 

 

2/3rds of Britons agree the planet is in a climate emergency.

 

Greta Thunberg, the Climate Emergency Movement , David Attenborough, plastics and Extinction Rebellion are the single biggest conduit of opportunity of the last 30 years for getting sustainability changes, policies, and plans, introduced into your organisations and embedded into culture deeply.

It is time to review and reinvigorate your Green Champion Network. 

It is time to ride this wave of interest and use it to make lasting sustainable change.

But how? We are going to tell you how to harness and take action!

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When it comes to video marketing, leveraging your workforce is an excellent way to have a powerful impact on other members of the organisation, as well as external partners.

We’ve spoken about this topic in this past, showing how some of our partners have used a staff video to increase participation in reuse, namely by getting senior figures to take part and encourage engagement.

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