Project Bangku is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) campaign by Alpro Foundation ( A subsidiary of Alpro Pharmacy), where Alproeans are realizing the idea of upcycling the wooden pallet and make it as a bench for the customer to sit while they are queueing at the outlets due to the restriction of social distancing.

Why Wooden Pallet?
The cause of this project started from the social issues of pandemic towards the increase demand in pallets. There are roughly 5 billion pallets in use worldwide, and an estimated 2 billion in the U.S. Alone.

Little that we know, all wooden pallets are made out of nails, chemical paints. When the wooden pallets are sent to landfills, there are being exposed to rain outdoor. Wooden corrosion will cause huge issues like termite encroachment to the environment. We see a parallel impact of the increase of economy and wooden pallet waste.

Hence, Alpro Foundation thought of why not change waste into something useful again?

By Upcycling the wooden pallets, we just need to do minimum modifications and a new benches are made. We believe that protecting the environment, it makes our earth a more sustainable place to live.