It’s time to empty our "drawers of doom"

This blog post is about how a large organisation is using Warp It to reuse and cascade their IT assets throughout the organisaition , as well as donating externally- to maximise the value of the assets.

Warp It have built relationships with so many of our wonderful customers, none less so than Alan Peddie, who manages the Warp It portal at the University of Edinburgh. We invited Alan to speak frankly about his experience of using Warp It and how it has:

• Redistrinbuting IT assets internally
• Facilitated donation of assets to the charity sector

• Benefited the IT department

• Encouraged refurbishment as well as reuse

• Helped over 500 computers get refurbished instead of recycled externally

• Given Alan a very unique superhero-style nickname!

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.

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computer breaks, it seems an almost natural response to follow the standard waste disposal policy and think ‘ah, it’s outdated, I might as well send it to the dump and buy a new one’.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.

The “reduce, reuse, recycle” mantra has been ingrained into us since school but how many actually follow it in our our everyday thinking and actions. Some use their own water bottles instead of buying one-use plastic ones. Most of us bring our own canvas bags to the supermarket.  Up cycling is trendy and mainstream. The internet is full of videos on how to repurpose old furniture and other household items.