Veena Sahajwalla

UNSW to lead initiative driving waste and recycling innovation for NSW

27 Feb 2019

UNSW sustainability innovator Professor Veena Sahajwalla will lead a new centre energising the circular economy in NSW.

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Why does your work matter? Research summit asks global thought leaders to answer the big question

22 Feb 2019

The Times Higher Education Research Excellence Summit: Asia Pacific at UNSW Sydney challenged university leaders and researchers to better showcase how they are tackling the world’s major challenges.

Technology to transform local manufacturing and waste comes to town

21 Feb 2019

We need to rethink our attitudes to the materials we discard and instead see them as renewable resources, says a UNSW leader in recycling who is taking vital new technology to rural NSW cities next week.

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.

Your old, unwanted clothes can be turned into building materials

19 Nov 2018

Throwing away clothing that's no longer needed is a missed opportunity to turn the fabrics into new products such as building materials.

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.

Big challenges, micro solutions: Closing the loop in Australia’s waste crisis

31 Oct 2018

Waste microfactories can transform the manufacturing landscape in Australia, especially in remote locations where waste transportation and processing are expensive.

Recycling goes to landfill while technology sits idle

05 Oct 2018

People are losing confidence in recycling and overwhelmingly want government to support solutions such as UNSW's groundbreaking microfactory technology, a new survey shows.

Three new UNSW Fellows of Australian Academy of Science

22 May 2018

For their outstanding research on psychological responses to trauma, recycling science, and nanomaterials, three UNSW scientists have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science.

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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