University of Liverpool embraces reuse with Warp It

Let’s give a big hand to Andy Hay from NHS Tayside, who has joined us to talk about exactly why it’s simple math for procurement professionals to lead on reuse of furniture, equipment and supplies in institutions.

We talk:

• Sustainable healthcare.
• Why procurement should take an active part in encouraging reuse in an organisation.
• How they have made procurement savings of over £210K on a £10K investment.

We’re really pleased to share this conversation with you, as well as some of the great things that Andy has told us in the past about reuse at NHS Tayside.

Q: What is circular procurement?

We tell you here.

Q: How do we start circular procurement?

We give you an easy win here.

Are you decommissioning a school building and thinking "how do i clear a school?" of surplus assets? Or "How do I redistribute surplus assets?" 

Edinburgh City Council achieved cost avoidance of £300K redistributing the surplus assets from just one school using Warp It. When we found out about this amazing feat we had to find out how they did it. We spoke to the project lead, Mollie Kerr.

The highlights of the project is as follows

• Strong leadership from the procurement department
• Collaboration with different Service Areas
• Purchasing controlled by procurement department
• The reuse of surplus assets is prioritized over recycling- (A no brainer right? You would think so but most building clearences pass their surplus for recycling- this is bad- the value in a chair is providing the function of sitting! Not scrap value for metal. )

Warp It is a unique service in the surplus asset management world. There are no other service providers who achieve the reuse and repair of surplus assets in the same method or using the same technology.

This blog post explains why Warp It is unique.

Use this content as evidence for the procurement department when considering whether  there is a need to go to tender for a reuse platform or service. 

Good question! Thanks to a very fruitful business meeting recently, we have come up with three reasons why procurement should lead on the reuse of surplus assets.

In this blog post we explain exactly how reuse, and the development of a reuse programme, can reduce procurement demand in the procurement department. This in turn gives staff and colleagues in the procurement department an opportunity to reduce their workload on administrative tasks and focus on more meaningful jobs.

Welcome to this latest blog post, where we take a look at the bizarre or unexpected things that can drive reuse or surpls assets furniture and equipment in an organisation.

It’s important to note that these are random benefits we never thought of before we set  off on our mission of making reuse mainstream. 

They are anecdotes have been fed back to us from customers. It is also important to note that only some of these things are measurable.

Welcome to our really quick and easy guide on how to deliver a Stationery Amnesty in your organisation.

Stationery amnesties are awesome for a few reasons:

• Easy to deliver
• Simple to get departments to organise their own
• They can be fun, if partnered with a coffee or cake morning!
• Gets staff into the reuse mindset
• They work great in the build up to any office move as it takes assets out of the building
• Don't need to use porters!!
• Can use internal post
• Everyone has spare stationery
• Good intro to the reuse system

We’re going to go through what a Stationery Amnesty is, highlight why it’s important, and discuss some of the issues that might not have occurred to you at the first glance.

We'll talk about how we are going to approach this activity and how you can deliver it with minimal fuss and maximum impact.

We're going to progress through a 10 point plan, and show you the free resources that are available to download.