1. Waste and Warp it Annual meet up
Thank you everyone for coming along today my name is Alan Peddie and I work at the SRS Department
This is the first time we have extended the invite to our annual meet up to Warp it members as well as Waste Coordinators.
I know a lot of you are probably both but we thought that getting as many people as possible information about waste, reuse and circular economy wouldn’t be a bad thing so that is why we decided to extend the invite.
Alan Peddie, Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability

2. Agenda Update Waste Case studies Coffee and muffins Your opinions
Keep Cup!
Before we get started here is a heads up of what is planned for today
Update on both Warp it and Waste Coordinators – last 12 months and what is happening next year
Two separate case studies, one from the IAD and the other coming from Roslin Institute
Then we will have a wee break for coffee and muffins
What we would then like to do is a quick exercise where splitting you up into smaller groups we want to hear what you guys think
Finally we will host a Keep Cup raffle so if you are keen to win one (we have x available) then write your name on a piece of paper at the back and stick it in the wee (colour) bin

3. What SRS does and priorities
Providing high quality advice, support and action on social responsibility and sustainability
So my name is Alan Peddie and I work at the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
We are a department that provide advice and support in that area
We break it down in various different categories, one of which is resource use and circular economy.
We work closely with the Waste Team on a few different projects, two of which are the use of Warp it, our resource distribution website and the Waste and Recycling Coordinator network, of which some of you belong.

4. What is a Waste Coordinator?
“…central to the implementation of waste and recycling practices.”
Contact for best practice
Tailored comms
Newsletter
Training
Events
So what is a waste coordinator?
Essentially they are a network people who are central to the implementation of waste and recycling practices.
They are usually a person responsible for getting the word out in their area about best practice in the area of waste.
The way we try to help coordinators do this is through a soft touch approach where we offer best practice and news through a quarterly newsletter
Occasionally also training opportunities arise and we try and pass out that information too. We also are always on the hunt for people doing great things in their area and it is great that both the IAD and Roslin are here today to tell you about some waste initiatives they have developed.

5. Last 12 months, Coordinators
Growth in network from 59 to 104
Newsletters
Sustainability Awards
Event in September
So the network has seen a solid growth to 103 people
Our Comms team have been nice enough to put together some newsletters for us which we decided to expand and send to Warp it users as well as waste coordinators
One of which we asked people to forward and it was done so to the tune of 250 times
We have been on the hunt for good case studies and thanks to our annual sustainability awards we got quite a few and as alluded to earlier we have two of them here today
Finally we are planning an event later in the year where we will be inviting people from all over the UK to discuss how they are refurbishing and remanufacturing items to extend life including some really cool initiatives from the NHS, other higher education institutions and some really cool businesses and enterprises doing some really incredible things in this area Glasglo – CRT monitors and turning them into high end landscaping stones that allow lighting

6. Last 12 months, Warp it Member growth 542 to 724
Total savings of £245k
PC reuse project expanding
Lab reuse development
Warp it has continued to grow at a steady rate and demand is absolutely beginning to outstrip supply where most items now are claimed very quickly
The most desirable of these items has been the growth of the PC reuse project where we are getting more and more on the site every month
IS are in the process of taking on our PC reuse intern, Bradley, who is here today. The hope is that reuse will be done on an even bigger scale than is being done presently.
Also you bunch of cheeky so and so’s we all now know that you love getting two monitors and they are by far the items that are claimed the quickest,
Did you know that over 800 monitors have been reused on Warp it since we bought the portal 3 years ago

7. Electronic Reuse – Since 2015
Monitors = 875
Keyboards and mice = 906
PCs and Laptops = 1012
Warp it has continued to grow at a steady rate and demand is absolutely beginning to outstrip supply where most items now are claimed very quickly
The most desirable of these items has been the growth of the PC reuse project where we are getting more and more on the site every month
IS are in the process of taking on our PC reuse intern, Bradley, who is here today. The hope is that reuse will be done on an even bigger scale than is being done presently.
Also you bunch of cheeky so and so’s we all now know that you love getting two monitors and they are by far the items that are claimed the quickest,
Did you know that over 800 monitors have been reused on Warp it since we bought the portal 3 years ago

8. Next 12 months Grow Warp it and Waste Coordinators More PC reuse
Lab reuse
Newsletters
Training
Events
Warp it has continued to grow at a steady rate and demand is absolutely beginning to outstrip supply where most items now are claimed very quickly
The most desirable of these items has been the growth of the PC reuse project where we are getting more and more on the site every month
IS are in the process of taking on our PC reuse intern, Bradley, who is here today. The hope is that reuse will be done on an even bigger scale than is being done presently.
Also you bunch of cheeky so and so’s we all now know that you love getting two monitors and they are by far the items that are claimed the quickest,
Did you know that over 800 monitors have been reused on Warp it since we bought the portal 3 years ago

9. Questions? www.ed.ac.uk/sustainability Alan.Peddie@ed.ac.uk
We do some time to feedback and you can catch me on the break but if there are any burning questions, feel free to ask

10. Group Work What Waste things are done well in your area?
Three questions with examples below
What Waste things are done well in your area?
Our office has Keep Cups
What Waste things are done badly in your area?
People still don’t get the bins!
What do you need or need to do to fix the bad things?
Get new staff telt and information is refreshed every six months for all staff
So we have Claire, Mairi and myself who are going to get you to split up into three groups.
What we would like you to do is help us answer three questions
1 what works well in your area?
2 what doesn’t work well in your area?
3 what do you need, or need to do to fix the bad things?