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
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 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
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 has been contributing to the CIRCO “Creating business through circular design” training program run by Planet Ark in conjunction with UNSW Business School
Create Magazine has published a story about UNSW SMaRT Centre's capability to recover critical materials from waste streams, in the context of the multi-billion-dollar critical minerals pact signed between Australia and the US
Various innovative recycling and manufacturing technologies developed by the UNSW SMaRT Centre feature in the newly released UNSW Powered 100+ Booklet (Innovations and Capabilities)
UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Professor Veena's National Press Club address has attracted widespread media attention after she called on policymakers, industry and communities to embrace a new vision for Australia’s waste
UNSW SMaRT Centre's Green Aluminium MICROfactorieTM Technology is being included as part of Australia's latest newly expanded Aluminium manufacturing plant
UNSW SMaRT Centre's Plastics MICROfactorieTM Technology and commercial partnership with operator Renew IT has behind the winning of the ESG Award at the 2025 techpartner.news Impact Awards
UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena spoke at the recent World Economic Forum's First Movers Coalition conference about her vision for a sustainable future using waste as a resource via innovative technologies like SMaRT's very own MICROfactories
