UNSW SMaRT Centre researchers' most recent study on microplastics has been published by the Royal Society of Chemistry and provides a toolkit to better understand environmental impacts of waste plastic particles.
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 researchers have had published a study revealing the impacts of microplastics generated from polypropylene bottles commonly used for infants and re-usable drinking
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 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 has been interviewed by 10 News about the growing waste problem in the context of highly competitive online sales platforms
UNSW SMaRT Centre's Plastics MICROfactorieTM Technology has been featured in a video news story by German media titan Deutsche Welle amid the faltering UN global plastic treaty discussions
@AuManufacuring news site has interviewed UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena about SMaRT's circularity innovations ahead of the Industrial Transformation Australia 2025 Conference: Accelerating Industry 4.0
UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena was interviewed by Radio 2SER about SMaRT's latest MICROfactorieTM Technology as part of the World Environment Day theme of "Beat Plastics Pollution"
UNSW SMaRT Centre Director Prof Veena spoke at the Rotary Sustainability and Humanitarian Summit where she also helped to inspire the next generation of sustainability leaders