In this op ed feature story, Prof Veena explains how MICROfactories^TM, an innovative approach to extracting value from waste materials, point the way to sustainable production and consumption

The UNSW SMaRT Centre's Plastics Filament MICROfactorie^TM Technology is now up and running under licence in Sydney

An update and video has been provided to help explain the Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE) program, for which SMaRT Director Prof Veena leads the recycling stream

Network Ten’s Planet Shapers TV series featured UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena and SMaRT's Green Steel technology

The UNSW SMaRT Centre has led a section of a CSIRO-hosted program for university students and postdoctoral researchers to learn about the latest research for sustainable plastics products

The World Economic Forum among others continue to laud the concept of microfactories, which the UNSW SMaRT Centre has been pioneering to develop and deploy its various innovative microrecycling technologies

On 12 June 2024, UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena will present a keynote speech at the Fed Forum: Innovation and Entrepreneurship, as part of the Festival of Big Ideas in Victoria

There is growing interest in the use of coffee grounds to produce materials for advanced batteries, with some recent scientific studies showing significant advances in the search for sustainable and efficient energy storage solutions using biomass

On 29 May 2024, various innovative recycling and manufacturing technologies developed by the UNSW SMaRT Centre will feature at the UNSW Future Climate & Clean Energy Expo

Environmental foundation Planet Ark has published a feature story on UNSW SMaRT Centre's patented technology that decarbonises steelmaking by replacing coal and coke with waste tyres.

UNSW SMaRT Centre's Director, Professor Veena Sahajwalla, has again been selected as a judge for the annual Good Design Awards

A Netherlands university magazine has published an opinion editorial (op ed) article by Prof Veena about the need to recover valuable materials from wastes for future manufacturing (and sovereign) needs

On 21 May 2024, UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Professor Veena, will be a guest presenter at an event hosted by the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Australia

On 15 May, Prof Veena will speak at an event about successfully commercialising scientific researc

An important new partner has joined the ARC Research Hub for Microrecycling of Battery and Consumer Wastes

On 18 April 2024, UNSW SMaRT Centre Director, Professor Veena, will be guest presenter at the main dinner and awards night of Aerosol 2024, the annual conference of the Aerosol Association of Australia

The UNSW SMaRT Centre has joined NSW's Acting Trade and Investment Commissioner for India in an innovation and technology exchange tour

UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena was interviewed by the Swittering On Podcast team about innovative solutions to waste and sustainability challengesnges