Beating Plastics Pollution with Professor Veena Sahajwalla
The 2025 World Environment Day theme is Beat Plastics Pollution!
But just what are some of the challenges in dealing with plastics, and what is being done to innovate how we deal with them? Professor Veena Sahajwalla is Scientia Professor and Founding Director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology (SMaRT) at UNSW, who are leading important innovations in the way we repurpose plastics in Australia. Professor Veena joined The Daily to discuss what first inspired her to pursue sustainability science, the challenges of plastics pollution, and what initiatives SMaRT are working on to help rethink our approach to plastics.
If you’d like to keep updated on the work that Professor Veena and others are doing to improve Australia’s sustainability practices, please visit the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub website, or check them out LinkedIn.
