The UNSW SMaRT Centre welcomes a NSW Office of Energy and Climate Change issues paper seeking ideas on building more sustainable clean energy infrastructure and components

Veena was interviewed by ABC Radio National for a panel discussion about to reduce plastic and food waste this Christmas

Veena was interviewed by ABC Radio Weekends for their 'Sunday Brunch' interview about the importance of using waste as a resource

Recycling International has published a UNSW SMaRT Centre opinion editorial (op ed) by Prof Veena about how decarbonisation narratives often overlook the need to use waste as a resource for the manufacturing of electrification components

Veena was interviewed by ABC Podcasts for its Kids Listen "Imagine This" series about plastic waste and UNSW SMaRT Centre innovative solutions to various waste challenges

UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Prof Veena will deliver a key note presentation for the National Youth Science Forum's 2023 Year 12 Program which promotes digital science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) experiences for HSC students

The UNSW SMaRT Centre was a partner in the “Up-Masking” initiative of the Greater Cities Commission (GCC) and the Western Sydney Local Health District and local schools to demonstrate remanufacturing and decarbonisation potential of used face mask

The UNSW SMaRT Centre provided the content for this waste and recycling analysis story published by BusinessThink, a platform of the UNSW Business School

On 25 November 2022, Veena will attend the jointly hosted PwC / The Australian 'Critical Minerals Summit'

Two UNSW SMaRT Centre technologies responsible for a start up company being formed are behind UNSW Sydney being ranked number one nationally for the greatest number of new start-up and spinout companies founded in 2021 through university deve

On 23 November 2022, Veena will deliver a keynote address to the Australian Beverages Council's 'Drinks Industry Dialogue', talking about the importance of industry and researcher collaboration to tackle waste challenges and the UNSW SMaRT Ce

Veena was interviewed by ABC Queensland Radio about Australia's new plastic waste commitment following the cessation of a soft plastics recycling scheme

The Australian Museum has published an "in conversation" feature story about UNSW SMaRT Centre and its Director's efforts to shift the mindset of the nation to see unwanted materials not as waste but as a valuable resource

Veena has featured in a fifth ABC TV The Drum show so far in 2022, this time sharing insights about a range of topics but in particular around plastic waste recycling following the cessation of a collection scheme

Veena was interviewed for ABC Radio's The World Today program about the impact of the collapse of a soft plastics recycling scheme and steps to take to develop a more holistic approach to recycling problematic wastes that are not traditionally pro

UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Prof Veena will next year deliver a session for the 2023 AmCham Global Leadership Academy, a national program exclusively for high-potential corporate leaders in Australia

A new opinion editorial (op ed) by Veena on the need for 'green manufacturing' has been published by The Policymaker, a new digital publication of the James Martin Institute for Public Policy

On 3 November, UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Prof Veena will feature in a panel discussion at the Springer Nature Symposium on Sustainability and Innovation