The UNSW SMaRT Centre welcomes the approval by the NSW Government of a new mandatory waste battery recovery scheme to help address the fast growing and highly toxic and dangerous problem of end of life batteries
UNSW SMaRT Centre researchers' most recent study on microplastics has been published by the Royal Society of Chemistry and provides a toolkit to better understand environmental impacts of waste plastic particles.
UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena Sahajwalla will deliver a keynote speech at the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) event on 12 March 2026 as part of Climate Action Week Sydney.
A published UNSW SMaRT Centre research study demonstrates that SMaRT's "microrecycling" methods can recover essential metals from waste solar panels, usually destined for landfill and stockpiles.
ABC News has published a feature story about the environmental harm caused by waste rubber tyres and the missed opportunity of their potential as feedstock for remanufacturing, such as via SMaRT's recycling technologies.
UNSW SMaRT Centre DIrector Prof Veena Sahajwalla has been named a top top Australian researcher and innovator as part of a publication recognising International Day of Women and Girls in Science
UNSW SMaRT Centre researchers have had published a study into the latest research of metal recycling from e-waste, which shows the environmental, economic and social (circular economy) benefits that could be derived from using up-to-date recycling
UNSW SMaRT Centre researchers are collaborating with communities and Indigenous leaders in the northern Australia about solutions for the fight against discarded ‘ghost’ nets and other fishing marine debris
UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena Sahajwalla joined leaders and decision makers in the New England and North West regions of NSW recently for a range of meetings and discussions about innovative waste and recycling technologies and creating lo
UNSW SMaRT Centre researchers have had published a study revealing multiple research findings around valuable new uses for textile and other wastes as sources of activated carbon for essential “purification” materials
UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena will speak at Regional Australia Institute's free Building Circular Economies: Innovation, Technology and Regional Leadership seminar on 12 February
The Productivity Commission has today published its "Australia’s circular economy: unlocking the opportunities" Inquiry Report, to which the UNSW SMaRT Centre contributed via a detailed submission
