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Welcome to the UNSW Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT@UNSW), the home of microrecycling science, MICROfactorieTM technologies, the NESP Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub and the ARC Microrecycling Research Hub.

Watch the ABC Australian Story featuring Veena, and follow this link to learn more about our MICROfactorieTM technologies. 

Founded in 2008 by ARC Laureate Fellow, Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla, the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) at the University of New South Wales works with industry, national and international research partners, and governments across Australia, on the development of innovative environmental solutions for the world’s biggest waste challenges.

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    22 Feb 2024

    ABC TV interviews Veena on plastic waste scheme

    UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena was interviewed by ABC News TV about Australia's new plastic waste collection and recycling scheme being trialled in Melbourne

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    30 Jan 2024

    AUKUS Critical Minerals Summit in Broken Hill

    On 8 April 2024, UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Professor Veena, will deliver a speech at the AUKUS Critical Minerals Summit at Broken Hill, NSW

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    25 Jan 2024

    The future of manufacturing and the role of waste

    Australian Manufacturing News has interviewed UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena about SMaRT's recycling innovations and its vision for the future of recycling, manufacturing and waste transformation

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    24 Jan 2024

    Veena this year’s City of Parramatta Australia Day Ambassador

    Parramatta City Council has announced Prof Veena as this year’s City of Parramatta Australia Day Ambassador 

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  • Australian Minining Symposium 2024
    23 Jan 2024

    Australian Mine Waste Symposium 2024

    On 6 February 2024, UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Professor Veena, will deliver the opening plenary speech at the Australian Mine Waste Symposium 2024

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    22 Jan 2024

    Innovative recyclables replace dangerous silica benchtops

    Cosmos magazine has produced a feature story on the commercialisation efforts underway on the NSW South Coast using UNSW SMaRT Centre's patented Green Ceramics MICROfactorieTM Technology 

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    18 Jan 2024

    Veena a Shaping Australia Awards finalist

    UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Professor Veena has been named a Shaping Australia Awards finalist for the Problem Solver category

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    16 Jan 2024

    Q&A: How to re-imagine manufacturing

    Digital firm ReCo has produced a comprehensive interview with UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena and Head of Technologies Anirban Ghose

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    12 Jan 2024

    SMaRT tech in new docufilm

    UNSW SMaRT Centre technologies and its Director, Professor Veena, feature in this new film by media company, Never too Small, funded by Screen Australia

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    05 Dec 2023

    Submission to the consultation on NSW's Critical Minerals and High-Tech Metals Strategy

    The UNSW SMaRT Centre contributed to the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering's submission to the Department of Regional NSW for its Critical Minerals and High-Tech Metals Strategy consultation

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  • Makers-of-Modern-Australia-ABC-TV
    23 Oct 2023

    SMaRT tech in documentary

    Various UNSW SMaRT Centre technologies and its Director, Professor Veena, feature in a new four-part documentary series by the ABC

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    19 Oct 2023

    SMaRT features at Australian Parliament

    UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Prof Veena, featured in a special UNSW Showcase hosted at Australian Parliament House, Canberra

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    18 Oct 2023

    Revolutionising Recycling for a Circular Economy

    The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) interviewed UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Prof Veena ahead of a speech she will make to to an upcoming Institute event

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    09 Oct 2023

    SXSW 2023

    On 17 October 2023, UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Professor Veena, will deliver a joint keynote speech at the SXSW 2023 conference held in Sydney

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    06 Oct 2023

    Smart manufacturing bilateral opportunities event

    UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Prof Veena, will on 12 October 2023 deliver a keynote address to an Australia India Business Council event on bilateral opportunities for smart manufacturing

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  • ABC Radio logo
    27 Sep 2023

    ABC Radio PM interview

    The ABC Radio PM current affairs program has featured an interview with UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Prof Veena, about Australia's efforts to phase out single use plastics by 2025

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    19 Sep 2023

    Demonstration MICROfactorie technologies at conference

    The UNSW SMaRT Centre has been operating a demonstration battery recycling MICROfactorieTM at the 2023 ecologiQ Greener Infrastructure Conference in Melbourne

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    14 Sep 2023

    ABC Radio National podcast

    The ABC Radio National's Big Ideas podcast service has featured an interview with UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Prof Veena, about the need for more alignment of, and innovation in, recycling and manufacturing

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