daniel o’connor nerf 26/5/2011 warp-it.co.uk. resource redistribution introduction to resource...

Daniel O’ConnorNERF 26/5/2011

warp-it.co.uk

Resource Redistribution

• Introduction to resource redistribution markets and implications for waste production

• Summary of main barriers to organisational redistribution

• Overview of new organisational redistribution market - WARPit

80% of the items that people own are used less than once a month. Power drills are used between 6 and 13 minutes in it’s entire lifetime.

Half of households have their own power drill.

You want the hole not the drill.

Idling or surplus Capacity

It is now possible to match supply and demand through nearly instantaneous mass synchronisation of wants and needs in a way which both sides gain.

Keep stuff circulating

The chair you are sitting on generated a further 90% of waste during primary and secondary manufacture.

Laptop computer primary and secondary manufacture waste is close to 4000 times its weight.

DO THE DRAWING

WARPit

Resource redistribution network– Give, share, loan and sell.

Transactions managed

Surplus external redistribution to partners

Reciprocal sharing

Main Benefits

Financial• Reduced procurement

spend– New owner– Searchable database

• Reduced disposal spend– Clearance firms– Skips– Staff time/risk– Space liberation and

declutter

Social• Waste reduction• Reduced carbon emissions• Collaborate with local

partners• Support registered charity

Main target areas

• Facilities/Estates managers• Waste minimisation officers• Procurement / finance• Eco Schools officer• Sustainability• LSP • Business support• Refurbishment contractors

Values

Keep stuff circulatingMaximise idling capacityResource efficiencyCollaboration between organisationsSupport charityAnti storage

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