Sustainable communities

On World Water Day, we spotlight the Water Sensitive a

The Plastic and Waste Materials team set up a stall to showcase how innovative waste solutions can drive sustainability as part of the transition to a circular economy.

Hub researcher Dr Rumana Hossain has contributed to Australia's new standards for analysing microplastics.

Australia is reimagining sustainable cities and towns to address growing water scarcity concerns.

The Hub contributes expertise to a Planet Shapers episode on improving tyre circularity in Australia

The Hub Day event at UNSW brought together nearly 40 researchers and several stakeholder representatives including Planet Ark, Tyre Stewardship Australia and Agency Projects. 

The Hub took part in Blacktown City’s Australia Day celebrations to further our goal of supporting strong and engaged sustainable communities. 

As we begin a new year, the Sustainable Communities and Waste (SCaW) Hub is reflecting on another year of impactful research, collaboration and progress.

IP5 co-lead and CSIRO Senior Science co-lead, Heinz Schandl, provides analysis on DCCEEW's new Australian Circular Economy Framework. 

The Hub held a stakeholder webinar to highlight the progress made in Impact Priority 2 (IP2): Reduced Impact of Plastics and Other Materials. 

Festive presents and decorations can release microplastics into the environment. 

In 2023, the CSIRO joined forces with the Djurali Centre, NESP's Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub, HEAL Network and Asthma Australia to deliver a groundbreaking Key Thinkers Forum (KTF) on Air Quality, Asthma & Indigenous Health.

Hub research is translated to a local scale at the Local Government NSW (LGNSW) annual conference in Tamworth. 

Dr Emily Flies, Hub researcher and Co-lead of the Sustainable People-Environment Interactions project, has been awarded the Green Gown Award Australasia's Staff Champion for Sustainability.

The Productivity Commission has published the Hub leader UNSW SMaRT Centre's detailed submission for its inquiry into “opportunities in the circular economy”.

The Hub has contributed an artwork made from waste materials to an auction raising funds for the National Youth Science Forum. 

Hub leader Prof Veena Sahajwalla delivers the Ann Moyal Lecture, discussing opportunities for creating sustainable materials from waste and champions a circular economy. 

Hub leader, Prof Veena Sahajwalla, has spoken about new technologies that enable green manufacturing by “reforming” waste into new products.