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Truck drives over mountain of waste in landfill

Beyond Black Friday: how much waste ends up in landfill?

29 Nov 2022

While bargain sales pump out assets destined for the dump, emerging recycling technologies offer sustainable solutions to landfills.

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Apartment made from waste glass and textiles showcases 'green' ceramics

10 Mar 2021

A new display apartment shows how recycling techniques developed at UNSW Sydney could change the way we build our homes.

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The year we choose our future

09 Dec 2019

Microrecycling trailblazer Veena Sahajwalla says 2020 will be a defining time in our battle to reduce waste.

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Designing a new solution to our waste crisis

29 May 2019

Creating new materials from waste products is essential if we’re to solve the global recycling, waste and emissions crisis.

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Local manufacturers explore the industry's evolution at UNSW event

06 Jul 2018

The potential of emerging technologies was keenly discussed at a UNSW summit exploring the reinvention of Australian manufacturing.

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UNSW offers immediate solution to stockpiles of recyclable waste

27 Jun 2018

UNSW's Professor Veena Sahajwalla says a solution is available now to the growing stockpiles of recyclable materials highlighted in a new Senate report into waste and recycling.

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World first e-waste microfactory launches at UNSW

06 Apr 2018

The world’s first microfactory that can transform the components from electronic waste (e-waste) items such as discarded smart phones and laptops into valuable materials for re-use has been launched at UNSW Sydney, with the Minister for the Environment, Gabrielle Upton, in attendance.

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World-first e-waste microfactory launched at UNSW

04 Apr 2018

As Australia's waste crisis escalates, Professor Veena Sahajwalla today launched the world's first e-waste microfactory which has the potential to reduce the vast amount of electronic waste heading into landfill.

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Micro-factories are home-grown answer to incredible rubbish recycling problem

01 Mar 2018

Micro-factories have enormous potential to reduce waste, create jobs and provide business opportunities if the government and businesses get behind them, writes Veena Sahajwalla.

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UNSW battery recycling program wins Green Gown Award

03 Nov 2017

A UNSW Sustainability recycling program that diverts a tonne of batteries away from landfill has won a Green Gown Award for excellence in sustainability. 

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