Wellbeing
Foodbank in Australia
Foodbank is Australia’s largest food relief organisation, operating on a scale that makes it crucial to the work of the front line charities who are feeding vulnerable Australians. Foodbank provides more than 70% of the food rescued for food relief organisations nation-wide. Working with Farmers and growers, schools and other partners to elimate the hunger issue in Australia. Last year, Foodbank sourced the equivalent of 75 million meals for our 2,400 charity partners.During Covid-19, they also work with local government to provide free food for uni students and communities.
 
Healthcare
PPE and the Circular Economy
Plastic
from used personal protective equipment (PPE) can, and should, be transformed
into renewable liquid fuels – according to a new study, published in the
peer-reviewed journal Biofuel. .
Scientists
have suggested a strategy that could help to mitigate the problem of dumped
PPE – currently being disposed of at unprecedented levels due to the current
COVID-19 pandemic – becoming a significant threat to the environment.
The
research shows how billions of items of disposable PPE can be converted from
its polypropylene (plastic) state into biofuels – which is known to be at par
with standard fossil fuels.