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Get it in your inbox ;) By entering your email you expressly consent to receive our newsletter monthly and other material related to Warp It Reuse Network. ## [Top 10 office items you should never throw away](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/office-items-you-should-never-throw-away) Posted by [Jennifer Clair Robson](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/author/jennifer-clair-robson) on 24-Jul-2025 11:16:24 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/office%20items%20you%20should%20never%20throw%20away%20.jpg)](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/office-items-you-should-never-throw-away) In the UK alone, an estimated 1.2 million perfectly good office desks and 1.8 million chairs are sent to landfill every year.  [Read More](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/office-items-you-should-never-throw-away) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/office-items-you-should-never-throw-away#comments-listing) Topics: [Tips and tools](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/tips-and-tools), [Featured](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/featured) ## [Break free from overconsumption and reuse all year round](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/reuse-all-year-round) Posted by [Jennifer Clair Robson](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/author/jennifer-clair-robson) on 19-Nov-2024 14:15:06 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Use less](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/Break%20free%20from%20overconsumption%20and%20reuse%20all%20year%20round.jpg)](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/reuse-all-year-round) With Black Friday driving an estimated £3 billion in UK sales, this annual event has become a major fixture in the retail calendar sparking a buying frenzy that fuels overconsumption. [Read More](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/reuse-all-year-round) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/reuse-all-year-round#comments-listing) Topics: [Tips and tools](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/tips-and-tools), [Featured](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/featured) ## [Five ways to reach your reuse resolutions](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/five-ways-to-reach-reuse-resolutions) Posted by [Jennifer Clair Robson](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/author/jennifer-clair-robson) on 22-Jan-2024 12:47:40 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/Five%20ways%20to%20reach%20your%20reuse%20resolutions.jpg)](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/five-ways-to-reach-reuse-resolutions) The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to start new habits and bid farewell to old ones.  [Read More](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/five-ways-to-reach-reuse-resolutions) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/five-ways-to-reach-reuse-resolutions#comments-listing) Topics: [Warp It admin](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/warp-it-admin), [Tips and tools](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/tips-and-tools), [Featured](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/featured) ## [A rough guide to reuse](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/roughguidetoreuse) Posted by [Jennifer Clair Robson](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/author/jennifer-clair-robson) on 25-May-2022 19:46:02 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/A%20rough%20guide%20to%20reuse.jpg)](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/roughguidetoreuse) Almost anything can be reused or repurposed and benefits include avoiding landfill, reducing waste, and saving money. [See more on the benefits reuse offers.](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/backtobasics) [Read More](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/roughguidetoreuse) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/roughguidetoreuse#comments-listing) Topics: [Tips and tools](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/tips-and-tools), [Featured](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/featured) ## [Warp It's Guerrilla Communications Tricks](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/warp-its-guerrilla-communications-tricks) Posted by [Joseph Kennedy](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/author/joseph-kennedy) on 10-Apr-2019 14:02:19 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Optimized-rohit-tandon-110765-unsplash](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/Optimized-rohit-tandon-110765-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/warp-its-guerrilla-communications-tricks)   ### We love hearing from our beloved Warp It members, especially when they go into detail about their relationship with the platform, their successes, and their problems. [Read More](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/warp-its-guerrilla-communications-tricks) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/warp-its-guerrilla-communications-tricks#comments-listing) Topics: [Tips and tools](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/tips-and-tools), [Easy wins](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/easy-wins) ## [10 Tips for Making Staff Videos](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/10-tips-for-making-staff-videos) Posted by [Joseph Kennedy](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/author/joseph-kennedy) on 18-Mar-2019 10:20:16 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Optimized-vanilla-bear-films-1180693-unsplash](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/Optimized-vanilla-bear-films-1180693-unsplash.jpg)](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/10-tips-for-making-staff-videos) ## 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. [Read More](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/10-tips-for-making-staff-videos) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/10-tips-for-making-staff-videos#comments-listing) Topics: [Guidance for projects](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/guidance-for-projects), [Buy in](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/buy-in), [Tips and tools](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/tips-and-tools), [Easy wins](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/easy-wins), [Featured](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/featured) ## [The Skills Every Sustainability Manager Needs Right Now](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/the-skills-every-sustainability-manager-needs) Posted by [Daniel O'Connor](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/author/daniel-oconnor) on 06-Mar-2019 10:06:23 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![23897198-a-well-landscaped-and-manicured-hedge-of-bushes-with-mulch-and-grass-in-a-step-pattern-](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/23897198-a-well-landscaped-and-manicured-hedge-of-bushes-with-mulch-and-grass-in-a-step-pattern-.jpg)](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/the-skills-every-sustainability-manager-needs) ### Being a Sustainability Manager is more than just a job, it’s a lifestyle and a mentality. Sometimes it doesn't even feel like work because you are so absorbed in this mission. Those who are most successful in this position are the people who understand that delivering sustainability is a part of their character and not just a means of getting paid. The most successful also understand they cannot do it alone, that sustainability is achieved via collaboration.  Which subsequently means collaborative skills are top of the list.  In the past being successful has also been about the long game and waiting for the planets to align...but this [has to change](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/08/global-warming-must-not-exceed-15c-warns-landmark-un-report). [Read More](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/the-skills-every-sustainability-manager-needs) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/the-skills-every-sustainability-manager-needs#comments-listing) Topics: [Facilities management](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/facilities-management), [Tips and tools](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/tips-and-tools), [Reuse program: Pre Launch](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/reuse-program-pre-launch), [Featured](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/featured) ## [Tips and tools to help you step out of your comfort zone!](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/tipsandtoolscomfortzone) Posted by [Jennifer Clair Robson](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/author/jennifer-clair-robson) on 20-Sep-2018 08:34:10 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Optimized-step up](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/Optimized-step%20up.jpeg)](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/tipsandtoolscomfortzone) Each month we gather and share useful tips and tools; and this time it’s all about stepping out of your comfort zone. Why? Well, while staying in your comfort zone usually results in a consistent and steady performance, stepping out of it can create the conditions for optimal performance. [Read More](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/tipsandtoolscomfortzone) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/tipsandtoolscomfortzone#comments-listing) Topics: [Tips and tools](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/tips-and-tools), [What we love](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/what-we-love) ## [Here's How Warp It Can Be Used As An Asset Management System](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/heres-how-warp-it-can-be-used-as-an-asset-management-system) Posted by [Joseph Kennedy](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/author/joseph-kennedy) on 14-Sep-2018 15:59:07 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Optimized-chuttersnap-554649-unsplash-920363-edited](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/Optimized-chuttersnap-554649-unsplash-920363-edited.jpg)](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/heres-how-warp-it-can-be-used-as-an-asset-management-system) ### Warp It is not designed to manage assets in the traditional sense, in fact, it was designed to redistribute assets that were surplus to requirements. However, we’ve found that it’s versatile and that due to the framework of the system, our members are using it for both purposes. 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