Public favours reusing clothing over recycling

The Scottish take reuse very seriously.

Scottish Organisations have saved over £4 million using our system to reuse surplus assets furniture and equipment.

Topics: University, NHS, Case study, Smart city, Municipal council, Sustainable healthcare

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.

Topics: Procurement, NHS, Case study, Sustainable healthcare

Warp It proudly welcomes Ian Sommerville from NHS Humberside to discuss how a reuse operation can function from the perspective of a porter. This short and sweet interview will give you a quick insight into:

Topics: NHS, Case study, Facilities management, Sustainable healthcare

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

- Sumal Karunaratne, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

 

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

Topics: NHS, Case study, Sustainable healthcare

Warp It are pleased to welcome Smita Shetty from NHS West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group to discuss how the organisation is attempting business improvements using new digital technologies.

In this article we are going to explore:

Topics: NHS, Case study, Sustainable healthcare

Warp It are thankful to Clare Swift for giving us a few minutes to share some of her invaluable knowledge and talk about the impact of a really cool project she is a part of. As a decision-maker at North East Ambulance Service NHS, Clare was given the responsibility of finding ways to improve the environmental performance of their many sites in a way that did not negatively affect team members and would also provide cost savings.

Topics: NHS, Sustainable healthcare

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!

Topics: NHS, Case study, Sustainable healthcare

Warp It are really excited to welcome Neil Duncan, the Waste Management Officer at NHS Grampian in Scotland. Neil has been leading a really great project, and he’s also the man in charge of Warp It on the estate, so we called him up to discuss the following things:

Topics: NHS, Case study, Sustainable healthcare

Warp It has saved its customers £10 million over the past four years!

Topics: University, NHS, Warp It admin, Municipal council, Sustainable healthcare