University of Liverpool embraces reuse with Warp It

Amazing! Had a lot of good feedback from our staff and we have started saving here at Royal Free Hospital NHS.

This signpost article will give you a brief overlook of some of the NHS articles and case studies we’ve put together, allowing you to see how Warp It helps health bodies. By reading through each of these articles, you will be able to:

• Understand how reuse helps save your healthcare organisation money by facilitating and tracking the internal redistribution of surplus assets
• Understand how Warp It helps health agencies collaborate together- to swap and trade surplus assets across the sector
• Understand how Warp It can help the health sector link up woth other sectors to collaborate on surplus assets
• Read first hand accounts of those who set up and/or manage a NHS reuse program
• Position yourself to predict potential savings
• See the challenges faced, and how they are overcome
• See a massive reduction in procurement spend
• Understand how to reduce disposal costs
• Understand how to free up space
• Understand how to how to reduce unnecessary purchase orders

To read all of our NHS case studies click here.

 

To read about our NHS Supplier of the Year award click here

We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Clare Topping, Energy and Sustainability Manager at Northampton General Hospital. Also known as a Green Ninja, Clare’s sheer passion for waste and all things sustainable really shines through and is thoroughly infectious!

Warp It are pleased to welcome Alex Fowler (Environmental / Sustainability Manager) from the Humber NHS Foundation Trust to talk about his rollout and implementation of their new reuse program; The Warp It system. They are just a couple of months into this project and are already enjoying the benefits that it brings.

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.

Warp It welcomes Ruth Innes from NHS Highland for an interview talking about communications, building interest, winning the support of departments, and trees…

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.