ABC Features Medical Pantry Leaders Tackling Healthcare Waste

Dr Martin Nguyen, Associate Investigator for Healthcare Environmental Sustainability, and Dr Julie Dao, Research Fellow at the Healthcare Carbon Lab, were recently featured by ABC for their work with Medical Pantry.

Pictured: Dr Martin Nguyen

Medical Pantry is a Victorian medical charity that helps divert an estimated 15,000 tonnes of medical waste from landfill each year.

Dr Nguyen is the CEO of Medical Pantry and Dr Dao is the organisation’s Head of Innovation. Together, they are working on an NHMRC-funded project led by Associate Professor Forbes McGain to understand the role charities can play in reducing waste in healthcare supply chains. The project focuses on identifying opportunities to minimise medical supply waste through waste audits, stakeholder insights and supporting the redistribution of unused items.

You can read more about their feature on the ABC website here:  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-14/medical-pantry-donating-waste-to-wildlife-rescue-charities/105802946

Dr Dao was recently interviewed by the ABC to discuss her involvement in reducing waste across healthcare supply chains.