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New aluminium recycling can drive manufacturing prosperity

12 Nov 2020

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

Microrecycling science delivers new ‘material microsurgery’ technique

05 Aug 2020

New developments in microrecycling science could help revolutionise the recycling and manufacturing sectors.

Professor Veena Sahajwalla and federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley

Minister unveils new plastics recycling technology

26 Sep 2019

The revolutionary technology developed at UNSW Sydney positions Australia at the forefront of how we re-use discarded materials.

Turning old clothes into high-end building materials

19 Dec 2018

UNSW Sydney's Professor Veena Sahajwalla is leading a team producing high-quality building products made from old clothing and mixed waste glass.

UNSW recycling revolution reaches a new generation

09 Nov 2018

Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla's work to revolutionise recycling via groundbreaking technologies developed at UNSW is being heard by a new, younger audience.

UNSW advice steers ACT towards more efficient use of waste

03 Jul 2018

Burning materials that could be more productively reused elsewhere is not the way to go, UNSW Sydney has told an ACT government review.

With incentives, industry could tackle Australia's waste crisis

29 Jun 2018

If waste is burned for energy, recyclable material is lost forever. There are better solutions, writes Veena Sahajwalla.

In steel, the innovation economy is already here

29 Apr 2016

There’s much more at stake at Australian steelmaker Arrium than today’s jobs, writes Veena Sahajwalla.

The future of manufacturing in Australia is smart, agile and green

06 Jul 2015

Green manufacturing in micro-factories offers an exciting future for regional Australia, writes Veena Sahajwalla.

New initiative challenges gender stereotypes

27 Mar 2015

The Science 50:50 initiative has a simple premise – since half of the population is female, why not also half the scientists and technologists?

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