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The UNSW SMaRT Centre contributed to the Australian Academy of Science's submission to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources consultation on “Green metals

SBS News has published an interview with Professor Veena featuring her sustainability insights and some of the UNSW SMaRT Centre's waste recycling technologies

UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Professor Veena is a member of jury panel to judge winners of the Falling Walls Lab Sydney on 30 July 2024

UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena was interviewed by ABC Radio about SMaRT's latest MICROfactorie^TM Techonlogy

UNSW SMaRT Centre Founder and Director Professor Veena Sahajwalla sits down with Sky News Australia to discuss hard plastic rubbish from computers and other electronics being transformed into usable stock for the booming 3D printing sector

A collaboration between the UNSW SMaRT Centree and IT asset management company Renew IT has begun turning discarded hard plastics into 3D printer feedstock via SMaRT's first commercially-run Plastics Filament MICROfactorie^TM

UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena features twice in this short video celebrating the 75th birthday of UNSW

UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Professor Veena, has inspired the next generation of science and engineering students in officially opening the Discovery Centre at St Philip’s College in Alice Springs and its new Sustainability Learning Cent

In this ABC News story on toys made of single use plastics, Prof Veena said any cheap items sold online often had a hidden meaning

In an ABC TV News story, Prof Veena welcomes a new tax in France aimed at reducing textile waste in a new 'fast fashion' crackdown

In this op ed feature story, Prof Veena explains how MICROfactories^TM, an innovative approach to extracting value from waste materials, point the way to sustainable production and consumption

The UNSW SMaRT Centre's Plastics Filament MICROfactorie^TM Technology is now up and running under licence in Sydney

Network Ten’s Planet Shapers TV series featured UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena and SMaRT's Green Steel technology

The World Economic Forum among others continue to laud the concept of microfactories, which the UNSW SMaRT Centre has been pioneering to develop and deploy its various innovative microrecycling technologies

There is growing interest in the use of coffee grounds to produce materials for advanced batteries, with some recent scientific studies showing significant advances in the search for sustainable and efficient energy storage solutions using biomass

Environmental foundation Planet Ark has published a feature story on UNSW SMaRT Centre's patented technology that decarbonises steelmaking by replacing coal and coke with waste tyres.

UNSW SMaRT Centre's Director, Professor Veena Sahajwalla, has again been selected as a judge for the annual Good Design Awards

A Netherlands university magazine has published an opinion editorial (op ed) article by Prof Veena about the need to recover valuable materials from wastes for future manufacturing (and sovereign) needs