Professor Veena Sahajwalla - Aligning Recycling and Manufacturing

 

Women in Business Discussion Group Tuesday 27 October 2020 | 6pm – 8pm | Virtual Meeting via Zoom

 Hi members!

 For our session on Tuesday 27 October 2020, we are excited to welcome Professor Veena Sahajwalla, ARC Laureate Fellow, Director ARC Green Manufacturing Research Hub and Director Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology and NSW Circular.

Professor Veena will provide insights into innovative and sustainable solutions in her presentation Aligning Recycling and Manufacturing - SMaRT MICROfactories^® adding value by creating circular economies for materials 

We need an alignment of recycling and manufacturing and to start seeing waste as a valuable resource for much of the materials we use in society. And we can start a new ‘green manufacturing’ revolution and bolster Government and industry efforts to advance Australian manufacturing, be more sustainable and create new jobs. Through the science of microrecycling, the UNSW SMaRT Centre has developed Microfactorie® technology which can transform waste such as glass and textiles into ‘green ceramics’ for the built environment, and plastics from e-waste and other waste sources into filament as a resource for manufacturers and other users for 3D printing. These innovations can help with this much needed alignment as we face our waste, recycling and material resources and manufacturing challenges to help build a stronger and more sustainable economy.

Professor Veena Sahajwalla is an internationally recognised materials scientist, engineer, and inventor revolutionising recycling science. She is renowned for pioneering the high temperature transformation of waste in the production of a new generation of ‘green materials.’  In 2018, Veena launched the world's first e-waste micro factory and in 2019 she launched her plastics micro factory, a recycling technology breakthrough. She is producing a new generation of green materials and products made entirely, or primarily, from waste.

Professor Veena also heads the ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for ‘green manufacturing’, a leading national research centre that works in collaboration with industry to ensure new recycling science is translated into real world environmental and economic benefits. In 2019 she was appointed inaugural Director of the Circular Economy Innovation Network by the NSW Government through its Office of Chief Scientist and Engineer.

Professor Veena featured the July issue of the CPA in the Black magazine:

INTHEBLACK July

https://www.intheblack.com/articles/2020/07/01/veena-sahajwalla-revolutionising-recycling-science

http://www.smart.unsw.edu.au/cpa-black

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