{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/677770c377d7a3f73aa6aff0/67f7cbbc78ad3c7901fae604?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Veena Sahajwalla, material engineer","description":"<p>What if we saw rubbish as a valuable resource?</p><p>Scientia Professor <a href=\"https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/veena-sahajwalla\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Veena Sahajwalla</a> 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 &amp; Technology (SMART) at the University of NSW.&nbsp;</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><a href=\"https://australianhighlights.com.au/transcripts/f/material-reforming-veena-sahajwalla\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Transcript</a></p><p><strong>Links </strong></p><p><a href=\"https://australianhighlights.com.au/veenas\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Highlight article</a> by Rachel Rayner, Science Explainer</p><p>Read more on <a href=\"https://www.smart.unsw.edu.au/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">UNSW's SMaRT Centre </a></p><p>More on<a href=\"https://www.smart.unsw.edu.au/technologies-products/green-steel\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Green Steel</a></p><p>More on <a href=\"https://www.smart.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/new-microfactorie-targets-plastics\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">plastic filaments from MICROfactories</a></p><p>More on <a href=\"https://www.smart.unsw.edu.au/technologies-products/microfactorie-technologies/green-ceramics\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ceramics from MICROfactories</a></p><p>Find out more on the circular economy at the <a href=\"https://acehub.org.au/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Australian Circular Economy Hub</a></p><p>Check out Bec Charlwood's comedy on <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@beccharlwoodcomedy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">her YouTube channel</a></p><p><strong>Credits </strong></p><p>Producer: Rachel Rayner, Science Explainer</p><p>Guests: Veena Sahajwalla, Bec Charlwood</p><p>Music: Michelle Cashman</p><p>Editing: Graham Hunter</p>","author_name":"Rachel Rayner"}