Taungurung researcher Shannon Kilmartin-Lynch is the brains behind a game changing innovation which uses recycled disposable personal protective equipment (PPE) to make concrete stronger and reduce pandemic related waste at the same time. 

The new type of concrete will not only benefit the construction industry, it will also have far reaching positive impacts on healthcare waste and environmental sustainability. 

A PhD scholar and Vice- Chancellor’s Indigenous pre- Doctoral Research Fellow at RMIT in Naarm (Melbourne), Mr Kilmartin-Lynch is part of the University’s School of Engineering team who are the first to investigate recycling three key types of PPE: isolation gowns, face masks and rubber gloves – into concrete…