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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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  • Disrupted image 2
    21 Jun 2022

    Video recording of Disrupted Festival of Ideas 2022

    See the video of Veena delivering a keynote speech and joining a panel discussion at the Disrupted Festival of Ideas 2022 hosted by the Western Australian Government

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    18 May 2022

    Op ed: Australia’s smart waste opportunity to electrify the world

    An opinion editorial (op ed) by Veena has been published by The Policymaker, a new digital publication of the James Martin Institute for Public Policy

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    11 May 2022

    UNSW recycling and clean energy initiative secures Trailblazer funding

    A combined SMaRT Centre-led recycling and UNSW/University of Newcastle-led clean energy initiative has been awarded $50 million under the Australian Trailblazer Universities Program

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    10 May 2022

    Powerhouse Museum podcast - green manufacturing

    As part of the Powerhouse Museum's "100 climate conversation" series, Veena features in a podcast on "green manufacturing" as an essential pathway to greater sustainability and decarbonisation

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  • BBC world service
    28 Apr 2022

    BBC 'wealth from waste' podcast

    UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Professor Veena Sahajwalla was interviewed by the BBC World Service for its "wealth from waste: can urban mining save the planet" feature story

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    07 Apr 2022

    SMaRT@UNSW Green Steel recognition

    At an event at UNSW Sydney today the Indian and Australian trade ministers both publicly acknowledged SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena's innovations

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  • Furnace image2
    18 Mar 2022

    Coffee grounds and hydrogen from waste Green Steel breakthroughs

    The UNSW SMaRT Centre has had published three scientific papers that show that waste coffee grounds and hydrogen from other wastes can be used as part of its patented Green Steel technology

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    24 Feb 2022

    SMaRT's Green Steel 2.0 research explained

    Create Magazine has published a series of stories about UNSW SMaRT Centre's next generation of research into its patented Green SteelTM Polymer Injection Technology that seeks to fully replace coke and coal from steel making with waste

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  • Molycop Min Ley visit 3
    20 Jan 2022

    Minister Ley sees SMaRT's Green Steel technology up close

    Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley joined UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Prof Veena at the Newcastle steel works to see up close SMaRT's Green Steel technology that uses waste to replace coke and coal in steel making

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  • ABC radio logo
    19 Nov 2021

    ABC interview - waste as a resource

    Professor Veena has been interviewed on ABC Radio National's Life Matters program to explain her concept of 'waste as a resource'

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    26 Oct 2021

    2021 Impact X Summit

    On 2 November 2021, Veena will be delivering a TED-X style keynote address to the 2021 Impact X Summit along with a high level group of international and national speakers and leaders

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  • The Brilliant logo
    20 Oct 2021

    Feature story on SMaRT and Veena

    The Brilliant, a global news hub for best practice in science communication, has published this new feature story on some of the innovative work by the UNSW SMaRT Centre and its director Professor Veena

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  • Furnace image 2
    07 Oct 2021

    SMaRT's green steel technology wins grant

    UNSW SMaRT Centre industry partner Molycop has been awarded a federal government grant to help further commercialise UNSW@SMaRT Green Steel Technology that uses waste rubber as a an alternative to coking coal in steel making

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    05 Oct 2021

    Industry publication interview with Veena

    In this story published in Solid Ground Magazine by Sandvik, UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Professor Veena shares ideas about how the mining sector can embrace a circular economy and innovation to be more sustainable

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    28 Sep 2021

    Nine publications on green steel

    This news feature story, published by Nine publications, looks at UNSW SMaRT Centre's new green steel research striving to remove coking coal from steel-making as we aim to electrify the world

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    09 Aug 2021

    Australian Academy of Science's annual symposium

    On 12 August 2021, Veena will speak at the  Australian Academy of Science's annual symposium, Science and the Public Good 2021, highlighting some of the UNSW SMaRT Centre sustainability innovations as the symposium&nb

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  • ATSE logo
    05 Aug 2021

    ATSE Symposium 2021: Scaling up research commercialisation

    On 10 August 2021, Veena will speak at the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering's annual symposium, Scaling up research commercialisation 2021 highlighting some of the UNSW SMaRT Centre commercialisation successes

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    26 Jul 2021

    Fighting macro problems, the micro way

    The UK-based Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining has published a feature story on various innovations by the UNSW SMaRT Centre as part of its journey towards achieving a collective and circular economy using waste material

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