Environmental Impact: See Our Results
Our Results Since Inception
Rescued from Landfill
Metals
Plastic
Paper & Cardboard
Hair
Organic (food waste)
Electrical
Assorted Structures
Metals
Plastic
Paper & Cardboard
Hair
Organic (food waste)
Electrical
Assorted Structures
Reversed Environmental Impact
We have saved
232
Trees (130.6 Tonnes CO2)
130.6
Tonnes CO2
425
Houses' energy for a month
2518
Bathtubs of water
512
Barrels of oil
659.61
m2 Landfill space
Light Bulb Power
240 000 hours of light bulb power
Emissions
to run a car travelling 876,000 km
Repurposed
80,500 plastic bottles
Social Circular Community Impact
Haircuts For Homeless
Maroochydore Neighbourhood Centre
450 haircuts and counting, thanks to the WFS team of Amanda Oxley, Elayne Smeeton-Denith and multiple other hairdressers who gave up their time.
Hair Products For Homeless
Distributed 350 excess or change over hair products and hair goods to the homeless, donated by member salons or product companies.
Corporate Days
Farmaforce Corporate charity day, with a sales team coming into the warehouse for the day sorting and managing waste streams.
Charity Days
Quoto (NFP): Volunteers for the day sorting and managing waste streams. Donated $500 towards purchasing a plastic shredding machine.Visit Quota (NFP).
School Programs: STEM
We present an interactive Ideas That Make a Difference program in schools to align with the Science and Technology curriculum, with a focus on the environment and waste streams/
Grant Projects
A collaboration with the UTS Rapido Social department testing HDPE hairdressing waste plastic for use as filament in 3D Printing machines will now be submitted by the Department as a paper.
Collaboration with USC students – Testing hairdressing waste plastics for repurpose into value added products.
WFS Plastics Program
We gave a helping hand in processing plastics into 3D filament to test and make parts for assistive devices for children in need.
Fundraising
$2304 raised by member salons for Braveheart’s charity to pay for counselling sessions for abused children. Visit Braveheart
Foodbank
$3727 raised for Foodbank children’s meals program to go towards 465 meals. Visit Foodbank
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