2023 Industry Laureate Profile: Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla

Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla

Administering Organisation: The University of New South Wales

Fellowship Project Summary 

IL230100205 – Recycling Innovations to Transform Electronic Waste into Green Metals

More than 50% of e-waste is going to landfill and the remainder is usually stockpiled/shipped overseas due to limited innovation and commercialisation of effective technologies in Australia. This project aims to develop novel approaches to use waste as a resource – enabling the recovery of valuable metal alloys, rare earth elements and other critical materials which have high market values. This approach will provide the foundation for recovery of high value materials to boost supply networks for local manufacturing, and open export market opportunities for technology and recovered materials. Through licensing of IP and partnership with RenewIT and other industry and council participants, this research will enable the development of scalable, locally deployable facilities to local councils and businesses for waste reduction and recycling, and advanced manufacturing capability. The development of decentralised solutions that can be implemented locally anywhere in Australia where waste is collected, will thereby deliver significant environmental and economic benefits for Australia.

Australian Research Council funding: $3,509,590

Industry Partners: Renew IT Group Pty Ltd, PanelCycle Pty Ltd, Shoalhaven City Council, New England Solar Power

To find out more about Professor Sahajwalla, please visit her profile page here.

For further information about this funding scheme, please visit the Industry Laureate Fellowships page.