What if we saw rubbish as a valuable resource?
Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla is an inventor, engineer and leading expert in the field of recycling science. She is the founding Director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology (SMART) at the University of NSW.
Making waste valuable, her first invention reduced carbon emissions from the steel industry, and her second is promising to empower communities to become their own manufacturers. Adding a few more ‘r’s to the reduce, reuse, recycle list – such as reform and remanufacture – she is upending existing systems to engineer solutions for a waste-free world.
Comedian Bec Charlwood is excited to be on such a classy podcast and we're thrilled to have her help host Rachel Rayner unravel our trash to reveal the treasure within.
Links
Highlight article by Rachel Rayner, Science Explainer
Read more on UNSW's SMaRT Centre
More on Green Steel
More on plastic filaments from MICROfactories
More on ceramics from MICROfactories
Find out more on the circular economy at the Australian Circular Economy Hub
Check out Bec Charlwood's comedy on her YouTube channel
Credits
Producer: Rachel Rayner, Science Explainer
Guests: Veena Sahajwalla, Bec Charlwood
Music: Michelle Cashman
Editing: Graham Hunter
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