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

Director of the UNSW SMaRT Centre, Professor Veena Sahajwalla has been appointed the 2026 Australia Day Ambassador for Narrabri Shire Council

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 has been interviewed about her views on sustainability trends for 2025 and what what to expect in 2026

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

UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena recently joined leaders and decision makers in Far North Queensland for a range of meetings and discussions about innovative waste and recycling technologies and creating localised circular economies

UNSW SMaRT Centre researchers are continuing their work on sharing their growing understanding of microplastic wastes as part of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub that the UNSW SMaRT Centre leads

UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Professor Veena Sahajwalla is the Editor in Chief of the new Cambridge University Press journal, Cambridge Materials Circularity

The Australian Government has released its National Framework Recycled Content Traceability for which the UNSW SMaRT Centre provided a detailed submission as part of the consultation phase

In part II of the UNSW SMaRT Centre's support of an IP Australia campaign helping all Australians protect the value of their ideas, IP Australia has published a feature story about SMaRT's waste and recycling technology innovation journey

UNSW SMaRT Centre has been participating in a series of meetings and events in India as part of bilateral initiatives between Australia and India

UNSW SMaRT Centre researchers have had published a study revealing the impacts of microplastics generated from polypropylene bottles commonly used for infants and re-usable drinking

The UNSW SMaRT Centre Director was keynote speaker at the recent UNSW HDR Employability Symposium that brought together Higher Degree Research candidates, alumni and industry partners for a day of insights, skill-building and connection

The UNSW SMaRT Centre is supporting an IP Australia campaign helping all Australians protect the value of their ideas, and supporting women to make informed decisions about their unique and valuable intellectual property (IP)

ABC News Radio's The Science Show has published a podcast recording of UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Professor Veena's speech given at the official launch of the just released book, The Best Australian Science Writing 2025

The UNSW SMaRT Centre has been contributing to the CIRCO “Creating business through circular design” training program run by Planet Ark in conjunction with UNSW Business School