Recycling research and innovation at the UNSW SMaRT Centre is helping shape conversations about how Australia and India can work together to build more sustainable manufacturing industries and strengthen resource security
A UNSW SMaRT Centre research study has demonstrated that waste disposable masks can be transformed into a valuable energy-storage material, activated carbon, instead of being sent to landfill or incineration
UNSW SMaRT Centre research was showcased at the Australian Parliament as part of a UNSW event highlighting emerging ideas and innovations shaping Australia's future
A UNSW SMaRT Centre research study has found that lithium sulfur batteries (LSBs) could become the next generation of big batteries needed for the electricity energy transition
Government agency IP Australia has published a story about UNSW SMaRT Centre innovations led by Director, Professor Veena Sahajwalla, as part of International Women in Engineering Day
A UNSW SMaRT Centre research study has found how to recover valuable metals (especially rare earth elements) from liquid waste streams such as mining tailings waste
A UNSW SMaRT Centre research study has found how to more effectively separate valuable rare earth metals from recycled batteries, making recycling cleaner, cheaper, and more practical for real-world usee
A UNSW SMaRT Centre research study published by the Royal Society of Chemistry has found waste coffee powder can be used to recover lithium (Li) and cobalt (Co) from waste batteries
UNSW SMaRT Centre researchers' have demonstrated a new role for waste carbon as a key storage factor for lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, not just using carbon for existing sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries
UNSW SMaRT Centre researcher experiments demonstrate that a widely used plastic for drink and food containers more easily breaks down into microplastics under common household usage and from environmental exposure than previously thought
The Australian Public Policy Institute has published a UNSW SMaRT Centre article on its The Policymaker platform highlighting how the Hormuz-related supply crisis demonstrates the need for structural support to start using waste as a feedstock for
UNSW SMaRT Centre and its Director, Professor Veena, feature in Science & Technology Australia's new pilot "generational change" program to fundamentally reset leadership in science and technology industries and transform our nation’s economy
UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena will speak at a Penrith Council Workshop: "Recovering Tomorrow: shifting from waste to a circular future", on 28 May 2026
