Our aim is to make reuse mainstream in organisations. 

We regularly talk to many people who are implementing a reuse system in their organisation and found that many are struggling with a whole host of issues. This ranges from securing buy-in and getting people on board with the project to communicating simple successes and achievements.

In this report we will address a variety of topics relating to the difficulties that can arise when trying to set up or grow a reuse project in any type of organisation. We will draw from a survey that we conducted of our customers and our bank of case studies.

This report will be of use to anyone looking to set up or improve a furniture reuse program or system, in particular:

• Surplus managers
• Procurement managers
• Sustainability managers
• Waste managers
• Service design managers
• Finance Directors
• Estates and Facilities Directors

Report summary

In this report, we explore various barriers to reuse and offer solutions. 

The subtopics we will be exploring are:

• Why reuse is not given the priority it deserves

• How to set reuse up within resource constraints

• How to get buy-in

• Transportation and the associated issues

• What are the options for storage, and is it needed at all?

• How to break through the ‘But we’ve always done it this way’ mindset

• Behaviour-change through effective communications

• Tweaking policy to aid reuse

• 'Out of sight, out of mind’ - why reuse is invisible to some people

• ‘Too busy’, and proving that reuse saves time not wastes it