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The ARC Research Hub for Microrecycling of Battery and Consumer Wastes

A new research hub for microrecycling has opened at UNSW Sydney today.

Truck drives over mountain of waste in landfill

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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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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 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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