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
317
Houses' energy for a month (163, 461 KWH)
1893
Bathtubs of water (333 767 Litres)
512
Barrels of oil
389
m2 Landfill space
Light Bulb Power
222 000 hours of light bulb power
Emissions
to run a car travelling 630,00 km
Repurposed
74,000 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
Science and Technology, which is a part of most curriculums now, studying about the environment and waste streams, we present an interactive Idea’s that make a difference program suited to different levels.
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 dept as a paper.
Collaboration with USC students – Testing hairdressing waste plastics for repurpose into value added products.
WFS Plastics Program
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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