In this The Weekend Australian Magazine news story, Professor Veena Sahajwalla, talks about the importance of managing our waste like ‘renewable materials’ as we seek a new sovereign capability to support ourselves in the face of a crisis lik
The UNSW SMaRT Centre has made a number of submissions to the NSW Government in relation to its strategy development for a 20 year waste plan and a plastics plan
In this opinion editorial and video, Veena explains the national and global context of why we need to develop circular economies and be smarter with our waste
The Federal Government and the Australian Research Council (ARC) announced in second half of 2019 that the UNSW SMaRT Centre had won its second ARC Research Hub, this time into Microrecycling of Battery and Consumer Wastes
In the below video, the SMaRT Centre's Green Ceramics and MicrofactorieTM technologies were used in a display apartment development by Mirvac, called Marrick & Co at Marrickville in Sydney, in collaboration with NSW C
Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley launched UNSW SMaRT Centre's Green MicrofactorieTM that contains two Microfactorie modules to transform waste into new valuable products and materials for various uses
ABC News talks to Veena Sahajwalla about the COAG announcement to ban the exporting of Australia's recyclable waste and the need for a circular economy
In this op ed, published by Sanctuary Magazine, Veena writes that creating new materials from waste products is essential if we’re to solve the global recycling, waste and emissions crisis
In this The Weekend Australian Magazine news story, Professor Veena Sahajwalla, talks about her groundbreaking invention known as Green Steel and its new global opportunity, as well as Microfactorie technologies
In this feature article by The Guardian Australia, Veena talks about the waste crisis, solutions and how the innovative work at the UNSW SMaRT Centre can help
In late 2018 Veena was invited to Berlin to do a TED style talk to the globally significant Falling Walls Conference, talking about her story and the benefits of materials security and circularity
Watch this video of the filaments made from e-waste that featured in a presentation and gift by then Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
In this video to celebrate Veena being elected a Fellow of Australian Academy of Science, the Academy asks her about her work and the need to recycle smarter
The world’s first Microfactorie® that can transform the components from electronic waste (e-waste) items such as discarded smart phones and laptops into valuable materials for re-use was launched at the UNSW SMaRT Centre on 4 April 2018
UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Professor Veena Sahajwalla spoke at a BBC conference and featured in a video highlighting her e-waste and metal alloys MICROfactorieTM technologies
In this feature story by Waste Management Review, Professor Veena talks about how she was able to commercialise her Green Steel technology and develop a range of other waste recycling technologies
