Technologies & Products

The UNSW SMaRT Centre and partner Mirvac have revealed an industry-first apartment partly made using waste materials which could revolutionise home construction and transform household waste into a valuable resource

Watch Veena's keynote speech at The Royal Society's third Commonwealth Science Conference to help drive innovations needed for our global challenges

In this op ed, Veena talks about laying the ground work for a potential revolution in green manufacturing in Australia in 2021

In this episode of Create the Future, Veena talks about the limitations of conventional recycling and discusses the engineering required to disrupt the status quo

In this The Daily Mail Australia news story, Professor Veena Sahajwalla, talks about her groundbreaking invention known as Green Steel and its new global opportunity

In a unique collaboration, SMaRT Centre Green Ceramic tiles made from waste coffee cups have been used to help build new rubbish bins in the city of Canberra

In a story published in the SMH and The Age, SMaRT Centre technology features in a newly built community library and sustainability outreach program

Professor Veena Sahajwalla, Dirctor of the new Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub, funded under the National Environmental Science Program (NESP), was interviewed by ABC Radio about the new intiative and how it can help tackle our waste challen

A consortium led by UNSW and Professor Veena Sahajwalla has won approval by the Australian Government to establish the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub

In this video, the SMaRT Centre's Green Ceramics and Microfactorie^TM  technologies are explained

A UNSW SMaRT Centre recycling breakthrough offers new possibilities for the re-purposing of polymer-laminated aluminium products, such as food and coffee packaging

A UNSW SMaRT Centre recycling breakthrough offers new possibilities for the re-purposing of polymer-laminated aluminium products, such as food and coffee packaging

New report showcases how technology can transform the waste and resource-recovery sector in Australia, and support the transition towards a thriving circular economy

In this opinion editorial for Recycling Week 2020, Veena explores the relationship between manufacturing and recycling, and how engineering new recycling technologies will be a step forward for sustainability

Australian Geographic talks to our Veena about our waste challenges and helping to develop circular economy solutions in a podcast

In this story by the ABC's Catalyst program, Veena is asked about her recycling innovations and how to meet the waste challenges of now and the future

In this The Weekend Australian Magazine news story, Professor Veena Sahajwalla, talks about the importance of managing our waste like ‘renewable materials’ as we seek a new sovereign capability to support ourselves in the face of a crisis like COV

In this opinion editorial and video, Veena explains the national and global context of why we need to develop circular economies and be smarter with our waste